To ensure the safety and security of our service member’s and civilian employee’s accounts, effective immediately, Customer Care will no longer send password resets for active/reserve military members or civilian employees to personal email addresses. All password resets will be sent to USCG.MIL email addresses only.
If your email address is not present or is incorrect, you will not be able to use the self-service password reset feature until your Business email address has been added to the system or is corrected. Contact your PSI/ P&A office or Servicing Pay Office (SPO) and ask them to update your address for you. They can perform this service for all Coast Guard personnel (Active Duty, Reservists and Civilians). Contractors and other non-USCG personnel/employees may contact PPC Customer Care or assistance.
Enhanced password controls were recently implemented in Direct Access to meet audit requirements. Passwords must now be 15 characters in length, have a least 1 special character, 1 number, 1 upper case, and 1 lower case. Passwords will expire every 35 days. DA will remember your last 9 passwords (must use new password when resetting). Accounts will lock (for 20 minutes) after 3 failed login attempts.
Password Reset Guidance
During a recent Direct Access (DA) system upgrade, the forgot password security question "What is your mother's maiden name?" was disabled in DA to reduce the possibility of a compromise of personally identifiable information (PII). For users who originally chose this as a security question, the hint question will now default to "What town were you born in?" but the ANSWER HAS NOT changed from what the user originally established for "What is your mother's maiden name?"
For those who have tried to use the Forgot Password feature and have been locked out of DA, please email ppc-dg-customercare@uscg.mil (click email address for template of required information) to request a temporary password. Once logged into DA, you will need to follow the user guide below to change your security question, answer, or both.
It is recommended that users who originally selected "What is your mother's maiden name?" as their Forgot Password security question, log into DA and follow the user guide below to change the security question, answer, or both.
PASSWORD OVERVIEW GUIDE PDF