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myPay: How to Reactivate Your Account or Get Started

myPay is a convenient tool for getting your tax documents quickly and easily, as well as managing your
retired pay or annuitant pay account year-round.

myPay provides access to a range of information about your payments, and lets you easily update your

contact information or your tax withholding, check your SBP coverage and your AOP beneficiary
(retirees), submit your annual certification (annuitants), or download your tax documents.

Reactivating Your myPay Account

We know that some of you only use myPay once a year to get your 1099-R during tax season. Then,

when you do try to access your account, you discover that your password is expired, lost or forgotten.
If this sounds like something that has happened to you, please update your password now, before the
tax season starts. Waiting to update your password might mean delays in accessing your tax

documents.

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If your myPay account is in an inactive status because your password has expired, you can follow the
simple steps below to reactivate your account.
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1. Go to https://mypay.dfas.mil in your web browser on a computer or connected device.
2. Click on the “Forgot or Need a Password?” link
Introduction
3. Enter two of the following: your Login ID, Social Security Number and/or registered email
Great leaders are students of leadership and are constantly evolving and adapting to those whom
address (previously registered in myPay). Check the box affirming you are the account owner,
they lead. The important qualities of an outstanding leader are constant growth and personal
and click "Continue.”
development, being a servant leader, and giving trust and respect. They emulate the ability to
4. If you previously set up the security questions, you’ll be presented three security questions to
adopt change and are stewards of being a servant leader. From person to person, leadership
answer. When finished answering the questions, click “Check my Answers.”
looks differently. No two styles are the same, so while someone is developing their leadership
5. If you answer the security questions correctly, you will be able to reset your password online.
If you haven’t set up security questions or answer them incorrectly, you’ll get the option to have a
style, they take from the people who have been a mentor to them in the past. Not every person
temporary password sent to you. You can choose to send the temporary password to:
who has authority over others exhibits good behaviors. Through negative behavior, Soldiers and
Leaders learn lessons. Leaders earn trust and respect, and building on that foundation with peers
and subordinates requires consistency. It takes more than a day to develop great leaders.
A-Your mobile phone via text if your mobile phone number is registered in myPay; Or,
Although some people have natural leadership, it does not exempt them from continuing to grow.
B-The mailing address you have on file with DFAS in your retired pay or annuity pay account.
Growth and Development
When you receive the temporary password, go back to myPay and log in to reactivate your account.
Growth as a leader comes with self-reflection, willingness to receive constructive criticism, and
taking experiences from others to incorporate and build on. Self-reflection requires a person to
Getting Started with myPay
have introspection when situations arise. Internally those persons may seek to understand how
to address situations from various perspectives. This applies to all ends of the spectrum
throughout your leadership career; not every encounter will be a walk in the park. When faced
If you’re not yet using myPay, it’s easy to get started.
with adversity, it gives a person an opportunity to cultivate a chance to evaluate the
circumstances of each instance. Individuals trying to better themselves value constructive
You can request an initial password on the myPay homepage using the “Forgot or Need a New
criticism. When people receive constructive criticism with an open mind, it sheds light on areas
Password” link. The password will be mailed to the address you have on file with DFAS in your retired
of improvement. Feedback should not be limited to a mentor but should come from all levels of
pay or annuity pay account and you should receive it in about 10 business days (for domestic mailing
the formation.
addresses).

Once you receive your password in the mail, you can return to the myPay homepage and create your
myPay profile using your social security number and the password you received in the mail.

If you need assistance accessing your myPay account, please contact the myPay Customer Care Center
toll-free at 1-888-332-7411 or at 1-317-212-0550.

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