Dear 3-39 Infantry Battalion Family Members:

At the discretion of the Company Commander and after your Soldier successfully completes Basic Combat Training, you may choose to transport your Soldier from Fort Jackson to a designated post in the United States in order for them to complete Advanced Individual Training (AIT). Transporting your Soldier is strictly a personal choice and not an obligation. Only a parent, legal guardian, spouse, or other immediate family member (brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent) over the age of 18 may transport your Soldier. Please be aware that only your Soldier will be reimbursed for this travel. If you elect not to transport your Soldier to AIT, government transportation will be provided to him/her. Below is a list of designated posts to which travel is authorized, the number of miles to the installation, and the day and time that your Soldier must be there.

Please inform your Soldier in writing via mail no later than 17 January 2018 if you elect to transport them to their Advanced Individual Training location. We need to know your preference by the 10 th of January in order to allow this command sufficient time to coordinate government transportation if you elect not to transport them yourself.

LIST OF APPROVED ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL TRAINING SITES FOR TRAVEL BY SOLDIERS IN A PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLE

INSTALLATION MILES REPORT TIME

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS, MARYLAND 519 Friday, NLT 1700 hrsFORT BELVOIR (Alexandria), VIRGINIA 451 Friday, NLT 1700 hrsFORT BENNING (Columbus), GEORGIA 283 Friday, NLT 1700 hrsFORT BRAGG (Fayetteville), NORTH CAROLINA 165 Friday, NLT 1700 HrsFORT EUSTIS (Newport News), VIRGINIA 390 Friday, NLT 1700 HrsFORT GORDON (Augusta), GEORGIA 76 Friday, NLT 1200 HrsGULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI 599 Friday, NLT 1700 HrsFORT LEE (Richmond), VIRGINIA 332 Friday, NLT 1700 HrsFORT LEONARD WOOD (Waynesville), MISSOURI 888 Saturday, NLT 1700 HrsFORT MEADE (Annapolis), MD 481 Friday, NLT 1700 HrsPENSACOLA, FLORIDA 496 Friday, NLT 1700 HrsREDSTONE ARESENAL (Huntsville), ALABAMA 407 Friday, NLT 1700 HrsFORT RUCKER (Euphala), ALABAMA 383 Friday, NLT 1700 Hrs

REAL ID ACT AND ACCESS TO FORT JACKSON CEREMONIES: All units will add the following disclaimer to graduation letters.

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Under the REAL ID Act, driver’s licenses from Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, and Washington no longer meet the requirement for access to Federal Agencies and installations according to Department of Homeland Security. More information about the Real ID act is available online at http://www.dhs.gov/real-id-public-faqs. Fort Jackson has identified Basic Combat Training Family and Graduation days as special events requiring additional steps to welcome Soldiers families while still complying with Federal guidance.

Visitors with non-compliant state driver’s licenses must still complete the Evite request online and receive confirmation.

Visitors with non-compliant state driver’s licenses that fail to complete the Evite request online will be required to use the Visitor Control Centers at the Forest Drive Gate (Gate 2) or the Boyden Arbor Gate (Gate 4) in order to receive a National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) check prior to entering the installation.

Other forms of identification with an approved Evite pass may be used in lieu of a non-compliant state drivers to avoid the extra step of being screened at the visitor’s center screening:

United States Passport or United States Passport Card

1) Permanent Resident Card/Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)2) Foreign passport with a temporary (I-551) stamp or temporary (I-551) printed notation on a

machine readable immigrant visa3) Employment authorization document that contains a photograph (Form I-766)4) In the case of a nonimmigrant 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 an endorsement of the alien’s nonimmigrant 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.

5) School identification card with a photograph6) U.S. Military or draft record7) U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Cards8) Transportation Worker Identification Card9) Native American Tribal Document

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