Deployment Prescription Program

When you’re deployed, you can fill prescriptions and get refills though TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery with the Deployment Prescription Program. Express Scripts, the TRICARE pharmacy contractor, administers this program.

Who’s Eligible

You can fill prescriptions through Deployment Prescription Program, if you’re:

  • A deployed service member
    • You can sign up for the DPP during mobilization or while in theater.
    • You can receive prescriptions directly to your APO/FPO address.
  • Working as deployed contractor or civil service employee and you’re eligible for TRICARE (for example, you’re a retiree or spouse)
    • You must pay applicable copayments.
    • We limit your prescriptions to a 90-day supply.
    • Spouses will use the sponsor’s Social Security number.
    • Not available if you have other health insuranceHealth insurance you have in addition to TRICARE, such as Medicare or an employer-sponsored health insurance. TRICARE supplements don’t qualify as "other health insurance.".
  • Getting your health care through the Transitional Assistance Management Program
    • You must pay applicable copayments.
    • We limit your prescriptions to a 90-day supply.
    • You may be able to get a 180-day supply if your orders get extended.

Drug Limitations and Requirements

Getting Started: Before You Deploy

Follow these steps to sign up for the DPP before you deploy.

  • Go to Express Scripts.
  • Log in or choose “Create an Account” to register. (Your ID number is your complete Social Security number.)
  • Provide an email address that you can access when you deploy.
  • Use your current address (where you are now).
  • You’ll use your account to update your address and order refills when you deploy.
  • After you deploy, you’ll get reminder emails from Express Scripts.

  • At your pre-deployment site, complete a Deployment Prescription Program Registration Form. Include your full name and Social Security number on the form.
  • Your pre-deployment site sends the form with your prescription to Express Scripts.

  • You’ll get the 180-day supply from your pre-deployment pharmacy. This is usually the pharmacy at your military hospital or clinic.
  • You’ll start your deployment with this 180-day supply.

 

Getting Prescriptions While Deployed

You can use the DPP if you didn’t register for it before you deployed or you get a new prescription in theater.

You don’t need to register first or order your initial prescription online. Here’s how it works:

  • Your deployed clinic or pharmacy sends your prescription to Express Scripts.
  • Express Scripts fills the prescription and sends it to you in theater. The average shipping time is three to four weeks.
  • You’ll get reminder emails from Express Scripts to order refills.

Two Months Into Your Deployment

Express Scripts sends you the first email message asking you to update your account with your deployed mailing address (APO/FPO address).

To update your account:

  • Go to Express Scripts.
  • Log in or choose “Create an Account” to register. (Your ID number is your complete Social Security number.)
  • Change your PERMANENT address to your APO/FPO address.
  • Don’t input your deployed address as your TEMPORARY address.
  • If you don’t update your address, Express Scripts will send your prescriptions to the address provided when you registered.

Note: If you don’t get an email message from Express Scripts within 60 days after arriving in theater, contact the Express Scripts DPP team:

Four Months Into Your Deployment

Express Scripts sends you a second email message reminding you to order your refills.

  • Log in to your Express Scripts account.
  • Express Scripts mails your prescriptions only after you order them.
  • Express Scripts mails your prescriptions to the address listed in your account. The average shipping time is three to four weeks.

Last Updated 1/28/2026