Fair Credit Reporting: 9.2.2.4 Active Military Duty Alerts
Consumers on active military duty can inform users of their status by adding an alert to their files.82 The FCRA defines an “active duty military consumer” to mean “a consumer in military service who . . . is on active duty or a reservist called to active duty . . . and who is assigned to service away from the usual duty station of the consumer.”83 As of May 24, 2019, the term also includes members of the National Guard.84