New Defense Department ID Cards Are Finally Compatible With TSA Security

22 Jul 2022- There's good news for military personnel with new Common Access Cards, as well as retirees and military family members who received the Defense Department's next-generation identification card during the past two years: The IDs now work at Transportation Security Administration security checkpoints at all U.S. airports.

For the past two years, those with the new cards have needed to produce an alternate form of identification at many airports, since the IDs' barcodes were incompatible with the TSA's scanning system.

The problem was resolved in June, according to DoD spokeswoman Lisa Lawrence.

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