Base Sticker

I haven't used a military campground as of yet. I don't have a base sticker on the motorhome, will that be a problem? I have a base sticker on the toad.

Hi Rit,

You should get a base sticker on the MH. It will prevent problems and save you a lot of time. We got away without having a base sticker on our MH for awhile. We finally were told to get a sticker, or a temp pass at one base. I wished I had a sticker, as I was stuck in a large line of cars and they wanted me to make a 120 degree turn with the motorhome into the visitor pass area. Yea - right! There was no way I could make that sharp of a turn with the MH, even if I didn't have a towed vehicle behid me. At first, they wouldn't let me go forward. I explained I couldn't make that sharp turn, and they said "wiggle it back and forth". Yea - right! They wanted me to unhook and make every effort to make that turn. Finally, a sensible NCO came up and let me go forward and park on the side. Whew! Then I had to wait almost an hour to get a temporary pass. I wanted a sticker, but it was a Navy base in California. They wanted California insurance, but I had Texas insurance! So I got a temp pass.

When I reached an USAF base, (I'm retired USAF), I got a base sticker and haven't had any problems since then. When it expired, I've never had problems getting a new year sticker. Just give them your sticker number and they'll give you a new year, regardless of where your at.

Save yourself a headache - get the sticker. You don't need your MH with you to get a sticker. Just your ID, the registration and proof of insurance.

Thanks for the info. I guess I forgot how much of a pain it is to get a temp pass. I wasn't sure about renewals, if it had to be at the base it was issued. Glad you cleared that up.----Thanks again

I saw a post on the rv.net Open Roads Forum today that the poster claimed that DOD decals were going to be a thing of the past. That everyone entering a military post will have to show their ID Cards and proof of insurance at the gate.

My response was that there was no way that everyone who had to get on post/base could possibly get to work on time if the guards are actually looking at proof of insurance.

Some posters on rv.net thought it was a great idea to do away with the DOD decals, but I do not think they understand how many thousands and thousands of people come on our facilities on a daily basis.

I thought I would throw out what I heard.

The rumor of doing away with base stickers is just that. It won't happen. What they (whoever they are) were doing was considering doing away with the date stickers because DOD can't figure out how to order them. It seems that some bases were hoarding date stickers and others were running out so local commanders came up with a lot of local solutions.

All of this confusion has caused a lot of conversation--and that is all there is to it.

It's a supply problem run amuck.

Get a sticker for the rig, anything else is not worth the problems.

Glenn

PS I had great fun the other day at Tinker AFB, Ok trying to leave the base behind a semi-truck who thought he was actually a car and decided to negotiate the chicane. He got stuck and had to back out and go to the truck gate. What was most amazing to me was watching him turn around to where I could see the name of his company--AAFES. Go figure.

It is not a rumor that base stickers are going away, see this story: www.uscgcpoa.org/bases_to_stop_issuing_window_dec.htm

The AF will stop issueing OOA 15 March 2007 and the other services haven't decided what to do yet. The current thinking is that with ID checks the sticker is a waste of money for the services. They saved over $150K in one year at one AFB by not issueing the stickers.