Fort Benning

Fort Benning Visitor Access

Access to the installation is controlled through vehicle checkpoints. All vehicles will be stopped at the gates. Drivers
and passengers should be prepared to present identification. Children 15 and younger are exempt.

Effective 1 January 2015. Military ID/Retired Military ID/Family Member ID/ Common Access Card (CAC) will be required to access the base. Automated Installation Entry (AIE) card will be issued to contractors, sub-contractors, and vendors. All visitors will be subject to a background check before allowed to enter the installation. You can pick up your visitor's pass at the Visitor Control Center (Lindsey Creek Parkway/I-185).

Effective immediately, driver licenses and identification cards from the states of Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana Washington and the territory of American Samoa do not comply with the REAL ID Act and can no longer be used as the sole source for access to Fort Benning. New Mexico received an extension, so driver's licenses and ID cards from the state are acceptable for access to Fort Benning.

Residents of the five specified states and one territory must possess one of the following accepted authorized government-issued identification cards in lieu of their driver's license: Effective immediately, driver licenses and identification cards from the states of Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Washington and the territory of American Samoa do not comply with the REAL ID Act and can no longer be used as the sole source for access to Fort Benning. Federal officials may continue to accept Enhanced Driver's Licenses from these states.

• U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport Card
• Personal Identification Verification Card issued by the federal government
• Personal Identification Verification-Interoperable Card issued by the federal government
• U.S. military ID Card
• Veterans Health Identification Card
• DHS Trusted Traveler Card
• Transportation Worker Identification Credential
• Merchant Mariner Card
• State Department driver's license
• Border Crossing Card (DSP-150)
• U.S. Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550)
• Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)
• Foreign passport with a temporary (1-551) stamp or temporary (I-551) printed notation on a machine-readable immigrant visa
• U.S. Refugee Travel Document with photo (Form I-571) or Re-enter Form (I-327)
• Employment authorization document that contains a photograph (Form I-766)
• In the case of a non-immigrant alien authorized to work for a specific employer incident to status, a foreign passport with Form I-94 or Form I-94A bearing the same name as the passport and containing endorsement of the alien's non-immigrant status, as long as the endorsement has not yet expired and the proposed employment is not in conflict with any restrictions or limitations identified on the form.
• U.S. military or draft record
• Native American Tribal Document
• Foreign government issued passport (INS Form 94)
• The following is a list of other documents that can be used in conjunction with a non-valid ID:
  • University, library or school identification card with a photograph, name and expiration date
  • Non-government photo ID with person's name and address
  • Birth certificate
  • Utility bill or documentation showing the person's name and address
  • Vehicle registration

For additional information contact Fort Benning Military Police Desk: 706-545-5223/3215 or visit Fort Benning Gate Information website.

Defense Service Network (DSN) Dialing Instructions

The DSN is the provider of long-distance communications service for the Department of Defense (DoD). Every installation has a special DSN number and the numbers vary by world-wide location. In order to place a call using DSN, the caller must be using a military phone on an installation. Cell phones cannot dial DSN numbers. When dialing a DSN number from a United States installation to another United States installation, it is unnecessary to dial the DSN 312 area code.

When dialing a DSN number to/from overseas locations, the DSN 314 area code must be included for all calls.

Privately owned firearms will only be brought onto the installation for the purpose of engaging in authorized activities such as hunting, dog training and use of recreational range or marksmanship events.

Weapon Registration

• IAW MCoE REG 190-11

Registration:

• Registration of firearms (and authorized war trophies) is required before the firearm is introduced onto the installation as outlined below. Denial of registration prohibits the person from bringing a firearm onto the installation.
• Persons residing on Fort Benning who own firearms must register each firearm within 24 hours of bringing the firearm onto post.
• Soldiers and family members living on-post purchasing firearms from an AAFES and MWR facilities are required to wait up to three days during the registration process to receive the firearm.
• The process includes initial form completion, obtaining the commander's approval and returning the form to AAFES. The MP Station will complete the registration process and email the completed form to the applicant and the applicant's commander.
• Persons PCSing into Fort Benning are authorized to secure a firearm in on-post quarters until registration is completed. At no time can the firearm be removed from the quarters while obtaining permission to register
  the weapon.
• For additional questions please call (706) 545-5222/5223/5224

DO NOT BRING FIREARMS TO MILITARY POLICE STATION