We have friend who lost her husband a few years back. He was a retired Navy MCPO. She loves to R/V and never remarried. Is she still eligable (sp ?) to camp in military CG?

Hi Ken, Go to the home page. You will find the words "an article" in red. Click on them and scroll down until you find your answer.

FastEagle

Hi, we are Navy ,medically retired. Retired from civvy job 5 years ago and bought a 39'M/H and hit the road . Went down to KW for the winter and stayed at Kings Bay GA, KSigsbee in FL and migrated back up with the weather. .Stayed at Mayport FL, Ouchee Creek , GA. Ft. Meade Maryland.
We love the MCG's because of the immediate friendliness we encounter. Especially in Key West.
Last year we visited McDill, Moody Creek.
Have also traveled to CA from MA and did mostly MCG's
Got the Military Campground Book. Has all the info on all the MCG's and golr courses.

I am retired from Air Force Fire Protection, will be retiring again as a Division Chief/Fire Marshal on April 16. We are planning a six month trip starting on May 1 heading to the Hearst Castle, then up to Napa wine country for a Rally, then up through San Fran, then to the Settale area for a month, will be heading to Yellowstone after that, then to the Dallas Area for a very short visit, don't really know after that, maybe to upper state NY area and Maine to see the light houses, wife also wants to see leaves change. Don't see much of that here in Arizona.

John

1991 Retired 27 years, USN. I was a Chief Petty Officer that was commissioned at the 17 year point and retired as a LT. We feel fortunate that we live close to Naval Station Mayport, NAS Jax and the sub base at Kingsbay. And thank you Larry for this great website.

I am a retired U.S. Army Transporter in 2001, I now a DA civillian, We go RVing at least 2 -3 3 times a month for 3-4 day stays. I know som folks are Full-Timers and some are very considerate and stay within guidelines that are considerate to veterans such as myself and leave us room to be able to go to Mil CG 100 deg turn from the Homesteaders, so I salute those folks who share Mil CGs with their fellow Warriors giving them equal time at these veteran benefits CGs with their families.

Retired from the Army in 1980. We stay at FamCamps when available. Have stayed at Ft Gordon Rec Area; Euchee Creek at Ft Benning; Destin Army Rec Center in Fl; Patrick AFB in Fl. Was at one time a homesteader at Ft Gordon until Corps of Engineers made everyone move out. No more homesteaders at that FamCamp. By the way, Pointes West at Ft Gordon is about 30 miles from the post. They have a small store at the CG, boat slips, a beach area and that's about it. Most of the sites are full hookup and you can use the Golden Age Passport because Clarks Hill Lake (now Lake Thurmond) is a Corps of Engineers run lake and dam.

Larry G.

It's only Thurmond Lake if you're on the South Carolina side....It's still Clark's Hill here in Jawja!!

Sarge3398 wrote:


I'm laughing my butt off. You must be from Jawja. Even though they changed the name it will always be Clarks Hill to long time residents of the area. We just (last year) moved from there to Florida.

Larry G

I am a disabled Vet, and have only used the Military Campgrounds for about a year. I find them as I find the civilian campgrounds, some great, some good and some I won't stay in.

I was introduced to Passport America in March while I was at Pelican Roost. I joined, and have used it 1 time so far. I also have reservations in Branson, Mo in August for 3 nights. The Pasport America price is $18 a night in Branson with Passport America and I paid $15 in Bristol, Tn. It will pay for itself real fast.

Road Dog

" like minded in many ways." so true and something I miss. That is a big reson for me.
Come on people you must have something to say.Go down and look at how long it hs been with no posting. This is a GOOD site made just for you.
Like they say sound off like you have a (you remember)
Have good day.
Here is a photo of the CG on Ft. Monrow,Va.

Active duty Navy here. We just bought our first 5er, and can't wait to get on the road with it. First trip, Oceana on the 13th of Feb, and then down to Camp Lejeune at the end of Feb. We're excited and can't wait.

Retired Army of 22.6 years and working on civil Service retirement and things work out for short campouts and long up to 2 week travels and we always schedule to go the military CG which most of all are easily accessable and convient.

Just looked back over this topic and can't believe I didn't reply back then. Retired from US Coast Guard as a W4 Weapons Specalist in Feb 1997 with 30 years 2 months service, (4 Navy, 26 CG). We started fulltiming in 2005 after I re-retired at age 62 and did that for 4 years, spending 4 - 5 months each winter in an RV park 40 miles north of Puerto Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico. Stopped fulltiming in 2009 for health reasons and settled back in Fallon NV. Both got our health under control in the summer of 2011 and had missed Mexico so much that we signed back on the caravan to La Penita and have spent the last two winters back down there, and plan on going back as long as we can. We haven't used too many military campgrounds, we used to like to spend a couple of weeks at Admiral Baker and Fiddelers Cove, when it was open, in San Diego and I had relatives in Vegas so spent time in Nellis. Our travels didn't take us by too many military campgrounds, and back before they remodeled it, the campground at Fallon was a dump so when we passed through we stayed at a local place. We have also utilised Passport America, as they seem to be in more spots by our travels.

Me to how did I miss this thread?
Retired Navy Senior Chief Aircraft Structural Mechanic 22 yrs, got inured bad before before I could accept the CWO2 commission so I retired. Truly wish I could have worked it out and stayed longer. I really liked my job and would have loved my prospective assignment, then
Army contractor for 2 years

now 100% DAV
we use MCG, and corp of engineer parks, we also have a thousand trails membership( was real good, but now not so much, but I still have 6 years worth of use coming to me)a few private parks here and there

Best MGC so far is Ft Sam Houston, and Oak Grove Pensacola
Best COE..Murray lock and dam (little rock, Maumelle)

We built a big rv port and use it as our home base for doc visits and maintenance, then we try to be on the road about 4 weeks then home for 3-4
this summer we are stretching it to 8 weeks gone to see South Dakota and the surrounding areas

Retired Army, Tank Master Gunner 2008.
Just finishing up a 5 year hitch as a D/A Civillain then it's fulltiming with my wonderful Wife (also an Army Vet.) and Buddy the Beagle, Gracie the Greyhoud and Izzy the Cat.
Cannot wait to ditch the old lifestyle and hit the road!!

Congrats