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Comment by Sammy Young on September 17, 2013 at 5:33pm

Heads-up... be advised that the whole DoD (but our Navy especially) will be doing a "review of current procedures for security and access to military bases" which is Navy-speak for they are probably going to initially over-react and start conducting background checks on ANYONE entering the base that does not have a Military ID until the pendulum swings the other direction and they find a better way that is not as extreme. Believe me- there are MANY ways they can improve security on bases without resorting to such drastic measures, but I will bet my Retirement Check that is going to happen- sooner than later, I am afraid.

Comment by Jason Wagner on September 17, 2013 at 4:13pm

Oh yeah. I know there is no "unsupervised" visiting on the base and that everything was a direct shot and "funneled". For some reason I just thought there was an additional step in driving on base vs. walking on. Thanks guys!!

Comment by Chris H. on September 17, 2013 at 4:02pm

Correct, Bob.  There is no just walking over to the hall without the entire process.  My wife went (because our daughter had A School at Great Lakes following basic and PIR) for the Fourth of July celebration on-base that year, and even the areas for seating outdoors, food and where bands played and marched, was very well controlled.  Even picture-taking is restricted to within the Hall, not outdoors at all, at PIR.  Later, we went to the normal Visitors Entrance on the other side of the base, and were not allowed beyond the main "welcome" area.  Even the Sailors had to walk in pairs, so our daughter who was just dropping off some Mall purchases, had to wait for someone going to the same location before she was allowed in.

Comment by Bob T on September 17, 2013 at 3:54pm

We were able to walk right through the gate at about 6:20. They opened it a little early. There were guards there who checked our ID. We then walked to another building right next to the parking garage and were checked again against the guest list. We walked through the museum (which is very cool and you're allowed to take photos). after that we waited in line inside that building. Once they opened the doors to the PIR building, we left the building we were waiting in, walked through a little open area and back inside to the PIR building. They checked our stamped hands (which was done when they checked us against the guest list) and we entered the building and walked to our seats. It was a very smooth process and was nice being at the front of the line. It can get cold standing in line outside that early in the morning!

Comment by Chris H. on September 17, 2013 at 3:46pm

Jason:  No way.  That is a military base, and civilians are NOT allowed to wander around.  You MUST go through the authorization process, show IDs (we even took our passports) before you're admitted.  And there are armed folks watching the civilians movements, as well as serving as hosts.

Comment by Jason Wagner on September 17, 2013 at 3:37pm

Bob, I've read, on here somewhere I'm pretty sure, that if walking in, you can walk directly to the PIR hall where as people driving in have to get through the gate, park, then go through an additional check in process. Any accuracy to that at all? Also, What time did you leave your vehicle and walk to the gate to get in? We're getting a ride from Sarge to PIR and we were thinking of getting dropped off at 0530. Should we be there earlier?

ONLY 10 AND A WAKE UP GENTS!!

Comment by Bob T on September 17, 2013 at 3:21pm

We parked in the train station across from the gate for $3. First ones in! We got there about 5 a.m. and brought breakfast to eat in the car. When we got to the train station, there were already cars lining up at the gate.

Comment by Gary Ray on September 17, 2013 at 3:05pm

I neglected to mention that Alex is Ship 13 Division 421. Grad date 08 NOV 13. Anyone else have the same?

Comment by LukeH on September 17, 2013 at 2:47pm

Jim, the source on N4M cited a communication from the Public Affairs Office, but I misread/mis-stated it a bit. It said that extra guests should watch off base, but then went on to talk about additional guests who were not on the guest list but "absolutely have to be on base", whatever that means. That leaves some ambiguity for a 4th listed, which kind of led me astray. My apologies.
You are absolutely correct that we should rely on official sources.
The folks on N4M are crowd-sourcing the count of divisions and reports from some SRs. I did disclaim that as rumor, which I would not normally pass on. In this case, I found it confusing since I already got the form letter with 4 names and was not aware that could change, if it can. That could make a big difference for travel arrangements, so someone with a 4th would want to wait on the official schedule.
In would be nice if RTC would catch up at least to TG 50, since 51 is in training.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on September 17, 2013 at 1:56pm

and Cody- you ONLY need that gate pass if you plan to drive onto the base and park.  If you are taking a shuttle, which is what we always recommend, you do not need the pass.

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