Changes at Aviano Air Base, Italy, are under review, and a cut-off of military mail privileges was announced last summer in the Phillipines, then delayed.
“My concern is that we thought we had done it all correctly and were never notified of the error. We ended up spending a month scuba diving without health insurance." -- retiree's wife.
The technology also sets the stage for the future when cardholders will be able to go online and get their ID card through the proper vetting process, without going to an ID office.