Fort Bragg military club closes ranks to gay wife

[thrace_]

For 15 years, Ashley Broadway has devoted her life to the military and to her spouse, an Army lieutenant colonel

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[ultraelectric]

you can't get onto base without a mil ID unless you're with someone who has one

This is not true of every base. My friend is a ex-military wife, and since her divorce went into affect they took her Military ID away, we are still allowed onto base, all you need is a drivers licenses. Plus, while this was years ago, I went to school on a military base without either of my parents being military and when my mom went onto base she didn't need a military id.

It really depends.

[xo_bumblebee]

Also at Bragg here, and, I agree. That being said even if you get on base with just a drivers' license, you can't access any of the services (gyms, lodging, shopping) without having a DOD ID card to show. I mean, you can go inside the PX and commissary without one, but they ask for it when you buy and if you don't have one they won't sell to you (but, depending on the clerk, if you're with someone with an ID, they'll let you pay for your purchase anyway

[louisiane_fille]

When I was in high school, my girlfriend was seeing an airman at Barksdale Air Force Base. The only thing I can remember having to show was my driver's license in order to get on base. Of course, things may have changed security-wise since 9/11. I honestly don't know, since I haven't been on a military base of any kind in years.

[ultraelectric]

It just depends on the base. And, this will probably sound crazy, how they are feeling that day. My one friend took me on base, she had military ID and they also asked for my ID, then.. I went on base with another friend, she had her military ID and they didn't ask for mine. Talk about being consistent.

[schmanda]

IIRC from reading a different article about this late last year, that the spouse's club had let girlfriends and fiancees (who wouldn't necessarily be ID card holders, of course) join in the past. It was only when this woman tried to join that they magically came up with the ID card requirement and then took their website offline when it started to blow up.