First, make sure you entered your enlisted pay grade where you entered your personal information.
i.e. no officers.
Then, Go edit the DFAS W-2 again, and on a page AFTER the main entries for that W-2, there is a page with a whole long list of checkboxes....there is one that MUST be checked to indicate that the W-2 is for active duty military service. Without that checkbox, there is no free military filing. (Civilian DFAS employees get W-2 forms too, but no free filing).
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That should(?) do it, as long as you are using the "Online" browser-based software (Not the desktop/download software)
____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
