Veterans camp sites

Here is the web site. http://www.militarycampgrounds.us/ Don't assume you can use them until you check out further. Some (very, very few) anybody can use, but MOST (99%) you have to have an military ID card (CAC card, the new name) Example; if you have PX or commissary access you should have access to MWR facilities.

And as a side note, they are not as cheap as they used to be.

NanciL wrote:
I just got my veterans card and have heard others talk about military base RV sites.
Can anyone tell me how you reserve a site?
Thinkling about the one in Key West

Jack L

CLICKY has a list and the eligibility requirements and I don't think your Veterans Card will qualify you for most military campgrounds, but it wouldn't hurt to call and check since there are variances in the policy base to base. I know the one in Key West is first come first served with no ressies and the overflow lot which usually has space has no hookups and few facilities.

Good Luck.

Larry

Jack could you tell us what is meant by getting your Veterans card. Thanks
Ray

Normally, you can call the MWR at each base and reserve a site. For those that don't know, MWR is morale, welfare and recreation. At least, that's what it's called on Air Force installations.

Maybe this ID card?????https://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/access/veteran_identification_card.asp

Which by the way does not include use of MWR (IMO). BUT might work for other program???

Ft. Campbell, sitting across the KY/Tenn line, has two CGs that are open to the public as well as military. No reservations taken, but at $20/night you can't beat it. Mostly families of Army personnel. Ft. Campbell is an airborne base, so be prepared for helicopter noise. And one of the two is near a firing range on base.

NanciL wrote:
I just got my veterans card and have heard others talk about military base RV sites.
Can anyone tell me how you reserve a site?
Thinkling about the one in Key West

Jack L

If you are 100% service connected disabled,retired military, retired DOD civilian or active duty military,you will
be eligible to use the the military Fam Camps. Otherwise,as mentioned
there may be a few that will be open to everybody.I would guess that Key West would not be one of those.
Ed
USAF Retired
1956-1976

Any veteran can get a VA card. There are eight priority groups. If your disability is sevice-connected, it will say so on the card. That alone will not get you into the exchange, commissary, etc.
Following is provided FYI:

Priority Group 1

Veterans with VA Service-connected disabilities rated 50% or more.
Veterans assigned a total disability rating for compensation based on unemployability.

Priority Group 2

Veterans with VA Service-connected disabilities rated 30% or 40%.

Priority Group 3

Veterans who are former POWs.
Veterans awarded the Purple Heart Medal.
Veterans awarded the Medal of Honor.
Veterans whose discharge was for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.
Veterans with VA Service-connected disabilities rated 10% or 20%.
Veterans awarded special eligibility classification under Title 38, U.S.C., § 1151, “benefits for individuals disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation.”

Priority Group 4

Veterans receiving increased compensation or pension based on their need for regular Aid and Attendance or by reason of being permanently Housebound.
Veterans determined by VA to be catastrophically disabled.

Priority Group 5

Nonservice-connected Veterans and noncompensable Service-connected Veterans rated 0%, whose annual income and/or net worth are not greater than the VA financial thresholds.
Veterans receiving VA Pension benefits.
Veterans eligible for Medicaid benefits.

Priority Group 6

Compensable 0% Service-connected Veterans.
Veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during atmospheric testing or during the occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Project 112/SHAD participants.
Veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962 and May 7, 1975.
Veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations from August 2, 1990, through November 11, 1998.
Veterans who served in a theater of combat operations after November 11, 1998, as follows:
Veterans discharged from active duty on or after January 28, 2003, for five years post discharge

Priority Group 7

Veterans with incomes below the geographic means test (GMT) income thresholds and who agree to pay the applicable copayment.

Priority Group 8

Veterans with gross household incomes above the VA national income threshold and the geographically-adjusted income threshold for their resident location and who agrees to pay copays

Veterans eligibility for enrollment: Noncompensable 0% service-connected and:

Subpriority a: Enrolled as of January 16, 2003, and who have remained enrolled since that date and/ or placed in this subpriority due to changed eligibility status.
Subpriority b: Enrolled on or after June 15, 2009 whose income exceeds the current VA National Income Thresholds or VA National Geographic Income Thresholds by 10% or less

Veterans eligible for enrollment: Nonservice-connected and:

Subpriority c: Enrolled as January 16, 2003, and who remained enrolled since that date and/ or placed in this subpriority due to changed eligibility status
Subpriority d: Enrolled on or after June 15, 2009 whose income exceeds the current VA National Income Thresholds or VA National Geographic Income Thresholds by 10% or less

Veterans not eligible for enrollment: Veterans not meeting the criteria above:

Subpriority e: Noncompensable 0% service-connected
Subpriority g: Nonservice-connected

If you find out you are able to use military camp grounds...some take reservations and some do not.

The last time we were in Key West, Trumbo the Coast Guard base's dry camping area did not take reservations. Sigsbee on the Navy base has full hook-ups and did not take reservations either. What they did at that time was let folks set up at Trumbo and put them on a waiting list. The Sigsbee sites were for short term camping only, I think 2 weeks then if you wanted to stay on at Key West had to go back to Trumbo, back on the waiting list, etc. A lot of people just go into Trumbo and dry camp all season long. They have a nice grassy field and an old sea plane ramp to camp on with a clean bath house and access to a dump and fresh water fill. We stayed for a week and didn't even think about heading over to Sigsbee. We did go over to Sigsbee to do laundry.

So folks, help me out...

I retired in 2006 (28 years), and have a DD Form 2 ,
annotated as expiration date.."Indef". Retired. I am
unfamiliar with the "Veterans card"... is it something
I should obtain ? When did this come about ? I have never
had a problem gaining access to Commis./Bx-PX/ MWR services/
Champus/Tricare/United Health/Delta Dental/AAFEES etc. ...

I don't recall outprocessing mentioning a "Veterans card".

Thanks,

Charles