ACSOL National Action Alert: Retired Military Registrants Denied Access to Military Bases – Were You Also Denied?
Two retired military registrants were denied access to military bases during the past seven days. One of the registrants was denied access to a Marine base while the other was denied access to a Navy base. The two registrants are retired from two different branches of the military — Air Force and Navy. Both attempted to access a military base in order to pick up one or more prescription medicines.
According to a document provided to one of the two registrants, the Marine Corps has a new screening and vetting process for persons entering a military facility that became effective on November 1. The process includes an all Service electronic Physical Security Access Control System that includes a list of all individuals listed on the National Sex Offender Registry. The document also states that screening and vetting of all persons entering a Marine Corps facility is “critical to ensuring the safety and security of those persons living and working aboard Marine Corps sites and the security of our resources and assets.”
“We do not know at this time the breadth of this exclusion, that is, whether it includes all branches of the military and whether it applies to the registrants’ dependents,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “Litigation may be necessary in order to address this significant harm.”
ACSOL requests that anyone denied access to a military on or after November 1, 2021, contact Janice Bellucci by email at jmbellucci@aol.com or by phone at (805) 896-7854.
Are there any updates to this policy? Looks like it’s been a while since anyone has commeented.
I had my wallet stolen and got a replacement retired ID card at what was then Patrick AFB with an indefinite expiration. It is now Patrick SFB and I go there frequently with no problems. My medical provider is at the medical facility there. I get haircuts, exchange visits, and commissary visits with no problems.
Does anyone know where you can get a retired military ID card renewed?
Since RSO’s are not allowed on bases now, and most, if not all, RAPIDS offices are located on military bases, I’m not sure where I can get my card renewed.
Ken C
inquire with your first order of command…they will direct you
do not know what branch you are in
As a military dependent I found this online. See if it helps
Each branch of service, sadly, has its own renew-by-mail rules that are, of course, subject to change. The best thing to do is to call DEERS at 1-800-538-9552 and get connected with your service’s project office. Stay on Top of Your Military Benefits
Also another site said it may be possible to renew online.
You could also call the base and not tell them who you are and ask where you can renew off base.
Shame our veterans are treated like this. If you have not lost your rank or benefits due to misconduct within the military, no reason you should lose access to for a non-related offense.
One more non-punishment, punishment to add to our list of BS rules.
Folks….today I stopped at Patrick AFB with my family and I was refused entry to the base. I was told “because of your record, you are not allowed access to any military installation, please turn away from this point”…while signaling a small street to return. This event was so depressive and humiliating.
So if you are an RSO and you are going to a military installation, be aware that this is a DOD wide mandate, you will be barred, banned, turned away, refused entry to, kicked out of and/or not allowed to go inside the base.
Now they are trying to keep RSO from being buried at a national cemetery. Don’t have all the details yet . They were even talking disinterment of some.