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From an email that I received from MOAA. Better late than never?
DoD announced this week that it plans to remove Social Security Account Numbers (SSAN) from all military identification cards by the end of 2010. Instead, the cards will display only the last four digits of the SSAN.
Defense officials said this change is an effort to thwart identity theft — an acknowledgement that a lost ID card puts the cardholder and the military sponsor at risk for such theft.
The changes will be phased in for different beneficiary groups, with military family members being the first in line for updated cards this year. Within three years, all DoD-issued ID cards will show only the last four digits of the SSAN.