Military campground, base access
My wife recently required surgery at MUSC in Charleston SC. I live about 60 miles from Charleston so we decided to get a reservation at the military campground at Joint Base Charleston. I am a USAF ve...
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1995brave wrote:
Could have been due to special orders to reduce access to the base due to Covid. Even Lackland stopped allowing individuals without military ID or CAC access to the base unless a sponsor got them a one day pass. They just opened the base back up on 28 Sept.
When a DV registers their VHIC with the base access center (visitor center), the barcode on that VHIC will operate like a CAC at the gates. The problem is not all facilities' systems are designed to read the VHIC barcodes or they are not interconnected for VHIC system integration. That is why you can register for access using your VHIC at a base Florida and that registration propagates to allow entrance in Washington, but it may not allow you access at another base in Florida.
Another issue is that some VHIC's lack the code for DOD access. In those cases, entry controllers have to issue a pass; they won't deny you access just your card can't serve as an entry ID with readers.
But all this isn't really the issue as spousal access was never part of the PHDV Equal Access Act. It was only for qualified veterans and their VA registered caregivers. If a person already had access (100% SC DV's, retirees, dependents, etc) this has nothing to do with them; it's only the new group of eligible veterans and their caregivers for access to Exchanges, Commissaries and MWR activities.
