CAC login gives users easy access

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  • By Master Sgt. J.C. Woodring
  • Air Reserve Personnel Center Public Affairs
DENVER --  Air Reserve Personnel Center officials launched a new enhancement today allowing Airmen to log into the virtual Personnel Center-Guard and Reserve using their Common Access Card.

This enhancement gives Airmen the option to associate their vPC-GR account with their CAC, eliminating the need to remember another password. 

"This is something that our customers have been asking for, and we're happy to give them this additional option of access," said Lt. Col. Doug Ottinger, ARPC's future operations and integration director.

Before Airmen can log into the vPC-GR using only their CAC, they must associate it by a logging in with their existing account and then clicking on the "Associate CAC" button. For those who do not have an account, they must create an account and then associate it with their CAC.

Although the CAC option is available, it is not required. Airmen still have the option, whether their account is associated or not, to use their username and password.

"We wanted to give our customers the flexibility to easily log in with their CAC as well as maintaining the username and password option for those who may be without a CAC reader," Colonel Ottinger said.

Citizen Airmen can contact their unit for CAC-reader availability.