Donsa gate hours
The upcoming DONSA earned for 101 consecutive days without a military POV fatality will affect gate hours of operation on Friday.
Gate 2, Angel Gate and Mabry Gate will be closed.
Gates 3 and 6 will be open limited hours Friday from 4:30 until 9:30 a.m. and from 3 until 6 p.m., in order to help facilitate traffic flow during peak hours.
All gates will return to their normal operating hours Saturday.
GATE Access Change
All unescorted, non-Department of Defense ID card holding visitors, contractors, sub-contractors, vendors, suppliers and service providers must successfully pass a criminal background check before they are issued a visitor’s pass.
Escorted visitors with valid photo ID (state driver license, passport) traveling in the same vehicle as a DOD ID card holder (CAC, dependent ID card, retiree ID card) are not required to obtain a pass.
Unescorted visitors who are not traveling in the same vehicle as a DOD ID card holder (CAC, dependent ID card, retiree ID card) must obtain a visitor’s pass from a Visitor Control Center for the duration of their visit.
Contractors, sub-contractors, vendors, suppliers and service providers must obtain a one-day pass or may voluntarily choose to participate in the RAPIDGate program.
Visitor Control Center Hours of Operation:
Gate 4: Seven days per week, 5 a.m. until 9 p.m.
Gate 7: Seven days per week, 24 hours per day.
Sgt Audie Murphy Club
The Sgt. Audie Murphy Club meets from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. the first Thursday of every month at the Oasis Dining Facility (5th Special Forces Group), 2991 Indiana Ave.
The meetings are open to SAMC members stationed at Fort Campbell, as well as retired service members that are SAMC members.
U Drive. U Text. U Pay.
In conjunction with National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, law enforcement agencies in Kentucky are stepping up efforts to persuade drivers to put down the phone as part of the first national texting enforcement crackdown – U Drive. U Text. U Pay.
Violating Kentucky’s texting law, which took effect April 15, 2010, can be costly. Violators will be liable for fines of $25 on a first offense and $50 on each subsequent offense, plus court costs.
The law bans texting for drivers of all ages while the vehicle is in motion.
Warrant Officer Association
The Fort Campbell Screaming Eagle Chapter of the Warrant Officer Association meets the third Tuesday of every month at Cole Park Commons in the A Shau/Bastogne rooms. The meeting starts at noon.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/fortcampbell.woa.
No UNAUTHORIZED Boots
As per guidance from the division command sergeant major, no unauthorized boots will be allowed to be worn while in uniform on post. This is to comply with the newest publication of AR 670-1.
This also includes all students attending Air Assault and Pathfinder Schools. The regulation can be found at www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/r670_1.pdf.
Intramural Sports Calendar
MWR Sports & Fitness office has released the 2015 Intramural & Recreation Sports Calendar to include basketball, racquetball, flag football, softball, volleyball, track, soccer and more.
Eligible participants for brigade, battalion and company level teams must be active duty military assigned to the unit they will be playing for. Eligible participants for individual, women, co-ed and recreational teams must have a valid ID card and be at least age 18. Registration deadlines, POC meetings, locations and starting dates vary for each activity.
Complete information can be found at www.fortcampbellmwr.com/Recreation/sports/2015SportsCalendar.pdf .
For more information, call the Sports & Fitness Office at (270) 798-3320 or (270) 956-1006, or visit the office at 5666 Wickham Ave.
Student Loans
President Obama signed an Executive Order that will automatically apply a 6 percent interest rate cap to eligible federal student loan borrowers under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act without the need for additional paperwork.
The Executive Order extends this relief to all federal student loan borrowers.
Service members with a federal student loan that they took out before entering the military, are no longer required to ask their student loan servicer or to send in their orders for an interest rate reduction. The service member’s interest rate reduction will be applied automatically.
Borrowers with private student loans should still contact their student loan servicer to inquire how to obtain their SCRA benefits. In most cases, they will need to send a written request and include a copy of the orders calling service members onto military service.
Consumers may wish to file a complaint if they are concerned their account was illegally handled. Visit
consumerfinance.gov/complaint or call (855) 411-CFPB (2372).
Since this new guidance has yet to take effect, service members interested in accessing their benefits and protections should check out the action guide http://1.usa.gov/1suD3Cm.
For more information, visit consumer
finance.gov/servicemembers and consumerfinance.gov/students.
SOLSE recruiting
The Special Operations Logistical Support Element, located at Fort Bragg, N.C., is currently recruiting Airborne-qualified active-duty Soldiers or those willing to attend Airborne school.
Applicants must be eligible for PCS, in the grades of E-5/6/7 and in the following military occupational specialities: 88M, 88N, 89B, 92A, 92F, 92Y and 92W. Applicants must have a GT score of 100 or higher, no physical limitations and possess a secret clearance with the ability to obtain a top secret clearance.
To apply, email an enlisted record brief or ERB to SOLSERecruiting@jdi.socom.mil. For more information, call (910) 243-6194.
SPECIAL FORCES
U.S. Army Special Forces are looking for qualified Soldiers to join their teams.
If you are interested, call the Fort Campbell Special Forces Recruiting Team at (270) 798-9818 or attend one of their briefings, conducted daily at 11 a.m. and Wednesdays at 11 a.m., 3 and 5 p.m. at 2206 Indiana Ave.
Special ops recruiting
The Fort Campbell Special Operations Recruiting Battalion is looking for qualified Soldiers who wish to assess for Special Forces, Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs. The office is located at 2206 Indiana Ave. For more information, call (270) 798-9818.
SRP Site Relocation
The Soldier Readiness Processing site at Dreyer Field House has relocated to 2702 Michigan Ave. This relocation consolidates most readiness, deployment and redeployment functions at one location in order to provide improved service.
License Plate Notice
Effective immediately, Air Medal Meritorious recipients who obtained Air Medal license plate(s) in Tennessee prior to May 13, 2013, shall not be subject to the regular registration fee and shall be free of charge pursuant to §55-4-203(b).
Any Air Medal license plate initially issued to any recipient of the Air Medal Meritorious on or after May 13, 2013, will be subject to regular annual registration fees for plates, as prescribed under §55-4-111. Each registered owner impacted by this legislative change should be notified by the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue.
Air Medal Valor recipients, who obtained license plate(s) on or after May 13, 2013, will be required to remit proof of Valor status in order to maintain one license plate with permanent expiration and the annual registration fees waived.
Air Medal Valor, Bronze Star Valor and Silver Star recipients are eligible to receive a permanent plate and shall not be subject to the regular registration fees upon submission of qualifying documentation of award and residency. For more information, call the Montgomery County Clerk’s Office at (931) 648-5711.