USCG Pay & Personnel Center             

DIRECT ACCESS 

The Pay and Personnel Center (PPC) Customer Care Branch is receiving a high volume of phone calls and email inquiries from customers indicating Direct Access is down, timing out, or not accessible. If you or your members are experiencing any of the below error codes, please submit your concerns to C5ISC via CGFIXIT Ticket with a screenshot of the error code along with the IP Address you are attempting to log into DA from. PPC is unable to resolve Direct Access connectivity and system issues.

Errors identified:

• Spinning circle
• DA Link is timing out
• 404 Error code
• Authorization Error – Contact your Security Administrator
• Hmmm… Can’t reach this page

ETS SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND UPDATE

Online Booking and reservation functions such as retrieving a reservation and cancelling reservations will be unavailable through the application beginning at 6:00PM (CST) Friday Jan. 24. through Saturday Jan. 25 at 9:00PM.

If you are needing reservations for emergent travel (departure within 4-6 hours) or to cancel reservations, please call the SATO to complete those reservation actions.

PASSWORD RESET

The password reset function in Direct Access doesn’t function as designed. The loss of functionality is a result of Direct Access’s migration to a cloud provider’s servers.  We apologize for the inconvenience. Unfortunately, the Pay and Personnel Center (PPC) does not have oversight of Direct Access functionality. PPC has made the C5I Service Center aware of the degradation in password reset functionality.  The C5I Service Center is working diligently to correct this issue.  In the meantime, please submit a trouble ticket (or call), so one of our technicians can assist in resetting your password.

If your email address is NOT present or is incorrect, you will not be able to use the self-service password reset feature. Your business email address in DIRECT ACCESS must be added to the system or corrected.  Active duty and Reserve members must contact your P&A office or Servicing Pay Office (SPO) for assistance to update. 

Please note: 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. Do not submit multiple requests.  Please allow 5 days upon submission for response. 

Guide: Passwords and Set up/Update Security Questions

RETIRED PAY

At present, for temporary, permanent, VA offset, AEW’s, CRDP, and CRSC disability, we are encountering a processing delay due to systematic issues and a shortage of personnel. You remain our primary concern. We want to assure you that we are fully committed to resolving these issues promptly and handling your cases with utmost proficiency.