TSA PreCheck Post-Military

As I prepared to check my daughter and me in for our flight to Atlanta to attend her cheer competition I was surprised to get a pop-up notification that stated I was not registered for TSA PreCheck. I went and grabbed my retired military ID to verify my DOD ID number - perhaps that had changed and caused the issue. Nope - still the same. This was my first plane trip since retiring from the Navy on 1 Jan.

After doing some online research I discovered that your DOD ID number no longer works once you separate/retire. I am always amazed at how long anything with the government takes, except when they are cutting you off. I checked with a friend who retired on 1 Feb and he confirmed he no longer had TSA PreCheck as well.

Fortunately I am enrolled in Global Entry, so just needed to change the number to my Global Entry PASSID number. Looking around there seemed to be quite a few credit cards with this benefit.

The following website looks to have good information if you are looking for alternatives to get TSA PreCheck.

https://militarymoneymanual.com/tsa-precheck-military/