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Re: Military campground, base access
lucy6194 wrote: My husband was 100% after 4 years enlistment agent orange!I've had dependant id for years. He passed this past January and I still have id and use of base facilities. Use campgrounds and exchanges I am sorry for your loss. Vets with 100% disability have always has base access, commissary and other privileges. New since 1/1/20 is privileges for disabilities less than 100% but still service connected. Dependent ID card is not included in this change. I am not sure how many vets are in my classification and have tried to use these new benefits.932Views0likes0CommentsRe: Military campground, base access
My situation is different than a retiree as I am a 4 year veteran. Until 1/1/20 I had no commissary or other base access privileges, as of that date vets with a services connected disability and a VA medical card were granted those privileges. But that does not include a dependent ID card for my wife. I can understand having to get her a visitors pass but it seems strange that I can not get her a pass for the length of our stay.934Views0likes0CommentsMilitary 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 veteran with a service connected disability so I have base access, my wife does not. Wife's surgery was scheduled for Wednesday so I reserved 4 nights, Tuesday through Saturday. We Arrived Tuesday afternoon and went to the visitors center to get my wife a pass. I was told that she could only get a 1 day pass (even though we had a 4 night reservation) and would have to get a pass each day. My wife was discharged on Thursday after 5 PM. The visitors center was closed and I could not get her a pass. I ended up leaving her at a Waffle House near the base while I went to the campground and hooked up the camper. We ended up cutting our stay short and returned home that night. I sent an email to the base commander expressing my dismay at the short sighted policy. I have not got a response as it has only been a few days. Question to those of you who have stayed at military campgrounds, is this a general policy or unique to this base. I add that the policy only applies to non retiree vets with service connected disabilities. Full retires can get multiple day passes for their spouses.5.5KViews0likes14CommentsRe: Water tank filling mod
bukhrn wrote: Lately I've been seeing quite a few posts about mods & different ways to fill the fresh water tanks, some, Like this one seem to be a lot of work, makes me wonder, do I have the only MH with a gravity fill port, remove the cap, stick the hose in the hole, turn the water on? I have a friend with what appears to be 2 city water connections, but one of them is to fill the tank. I thought all RV's came with a way to fill the tank. :h My RV has a gravity fill port but when I stick a hose it it to fill it constantly burps and spews water back from around the hose. This mod eliminates all of that.830Views0likes0CommentsWater tank filling mod
A modification I made to more easily fill my fresh water tank. I installed a 1/2" threaded 3 way ball valve in the area of my water pump. I connected the input to the valve to the outside hose connection. One of the output ports I connected back to the water pump, the other output port I connected to the old breather hose to the fresh water tank. I cut a hole in the bulkhead wall of my front storage box to access the valve handle. The old filler hose now acts as the breather hose and I can still fill the tank with that hose. With a hose connected to the RV, I reach the valve thru the storage box and turn to the fill position. It will fill my tank in 4-5 minutes (will depend on water pressure). I used PEX pipe with SS cinch rings for the connections(I own the tools and connectors). You could also SS 1'2" FPT faucet connectors. Trying to figure out how to post a picture.5KViews0likes15Comments
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