Fort Benning.

[jmmx258]

Where's this located, and can people go and visit others there by chance?

My cousin is there from PA, I havent even talked to him since I left PA. Him and I were like brothers (aside from my real brother) back home, it'd be nice to go visit him.

Thanks for any input :)

[sir2civichatch]

it's by columbus

[jmmx258]

I'm not much on how that stuff works completely. Are people allowed to visit others there ?

[B00STedSvT]

Yea its In columbus Right next to Muscogee..About visiting It depends..U can go on base But u have to Have someone with a military ID i believe..The only time i go is with my GrandFather and he's retired Marine But i cant go in the commisary or anything without an ID..It's for safety reasons I guess.

[BluesClues]

You can get a temporary pass. When you get to the gate ask the guards to direct you to the office for a temp pass. It's normally located right by the gate so you don't have to go too far.

[sebastianHoff]

ft. benning is an open post, a major hwy goes through it. they'll stop you and make sure your not a terrorist but thats about it as long as you dont do anything stupid.

[Type-R]

You can get a temporary pass. When you get to the gate ask the guards to direct you to the office for a temp pass. It's normally located right by the gate so you don't have to go too far.


Open post but to be safe you could have your cousin meet you at a gate and get you a visitor's pass and temp vehicle pass (saying that he is military) so you could shop at the wonderful land of "tax free" stores hehe.

[HEATON]

Yep, Stateside bases are ALOT better (in the fact of security) then the ones overseas. Just have him meet you at the gate, and he will have to sign you on, and he will become your "sponsor". It would almost be best for you two to meet offbase, and park your car somewhere and you ride with him, bc if you get pulled over for anything HE gets in trouble, I found out this the hard way when my parents visited Robbins. Now saying that you are allowed on base, that could change at anytime the FPCON changes. Basically if all hell breaks loose or a threat in the world happens, then non Mil visitors are usually restricted from base. And Yeah, all base builiding are the same color.. It sucks sometimes, just have to look for the lil signs infront of the building if you need to find something.

[Ran]

Ft.Benning is God's blindspot. I hate that f*cking hell hole. I spent nine months there undergoing a medical discharge after my back got messed up. :mad:

[Slowboy]

You will have to have license and registration for you vehicle. Thats it. very easy. i used to have a military id and sticker to just drive thru, but since im 21 and dont go to school i lost my benifits. pretty lame.

[jmmx258]

Shit. Guess this aint happenin until I get my new GA ID haha. I dont event hink I have the registration for my car here yet. It'll be comming from PA when my dad gets it.

Maybe i'll just get ahold of him, an dhave him meet me elsewhere for now

[Slowboy]

Yeah that would work. everything in columbus is very close. ft benning to jr allen pkwy. is only like 10 minutes max. small town.

[AlliRae]

i went down there to buy my car... it wasn't like i went into anything hard... just register the vehicle... kinda like a uber security apt homes or something

[Slowboy]

security down there is stupid. I gave them a hard time once. Cause they searched my civic. I was like thats it. If i wanted to bring a bomb in here i could have. you guys missed like 60% of my car. They were kinda dum founded. They could not really say anything cause the ranked sticker on my car. But non the less it was funny.

[jmmx258]

Sweet. Thanks a lot for the info!! Reps given to those I could.

[HEATON]

They could not really say anything cause the ranked sticker on my car.

No offense, bc I bet that made you feel all big and bad, BUT MPs/SPs don't care about rank. As long as you're not the installation Commander, they will do w/e they want, and will ''always be right.''

Chances are the check they did was one of the MANY random checks they are required to do, lemme guess
-Open hood, glovebox, trunk.. Just glanced thru ran underneath with a mirror.. If you had any piles of clothes are big speakerboxes, usually they move it around also..
Am I right? Bc that's the standard procedure.

Next time don't complain about the search either, bc by entering the gate you automatically consent to that at anytime.

It's being worked thru the DoD to get rid of all base stickers, and go to a 100% ID check. Which is a good thing.

[Type-R]

They could not really say anything cause the ranked sticker on my car.


So was the sticker yours or your parents? Not to bash you but people who put rank stickers on their cars are lame, there's no point to it unless you are a field grade officer or higher or a E-9.

[Type-R]

It's being worked thru the DoD to get rid of all base stickers, and go to a 100% ID check. Which is a good thing.

Every day I go to and from work I have to show my ID plus sometimes my vehicle papers to include my SOFA license, along with a gay "liberty card" depeneding on the time. Yet Japanese civilians who work at the PX or else where can just show a quick card or sticker and drive right on by.

lame

[Darling Nikki]

Gosh I haven't thought about Benning in forever, I used to live their when my father was stationed there.

[God]

just take 85 south to 185 south and drive right to the gate.
i was down that way for the past 3-4 days

[jon360]

lived there 14 years of my life...my dad was in the military and was stationed there in the same damn house for 14 fucking years...oh well..yeah, its a big gate, you'll see the office on the left hand side before you get to the gate..follow the signs..

btw...185south runs right into the gate like God said... :thinking:

[bigdare23]

C-town representer checking it!!! LOL

[HEATON]

Every day I go to and from work I have to show my ID plus sometimes my vehicle papers to include my SOFA license, along with a gay "liberty card" depeneding on the time. Yet Japanese civilians who work at the PX or else where can just show a quick card or sticker and drive right on by.

lame

Atleast you get to drive..lol I'm vehicleless for the next year. You have to be E7 and above to drive here.

The liberty card, that like a pass I guess so you don't go AWOL?

[Type-R]

Atleast you get to drive..lol I'm vehicleless for the next year. You have to be E7 and above to drive here.

The liberty card, that like a pass I guess so you don't go AWOL?


Yeah, they devised this big system where there's 2 types of cards, a "Gold Card" which allows a person to stay out all night, and a "Red Card" which restricts a person to be in at MIDNIGHT. All people E-5 and under just arriving are usually issued a red one right off the bat unless they are married and came with their family.

It's gay

[HEATON]

Yeah, they devised this big system where there's 2 types of cards, a "Gold Card" which allows a person to stay out all night, and a "Red Card" which restricts a person to be in at MIDNIGHT. All people E-5 and under just arriving are usually issued a red one right off the bat unless they are married and came with their family.

It's gay

Atleast you get the chance to stay out all night.. lol I sound like a broken record. We have a 2400 curfew on Sun-Thurs/0100 for Fri/Sat/holidays.. Guess that's just the life of doin a remote tour though.