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DonO. wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:11 am I am seriously considering attending if at all possible. However, I am quite the babe in the woods about the arrangements. The last time I went was decades ago and I only went for the day. This time I would want to stay for the whole thing. So I have tons of questions.

1. Do you have to pre register? If so, how do you do that? I couldn’t find it on their web site.
2. Recommendations for motels nearby that are reasonably priced?
3. How difficult is it to get though the gates onto the base? What kind of documents do you need for security?

arpthark wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:13 am Can't speak to the other points, but I think you just need photo ID. You may have your car searched. I had a sousaphone bit in my seat looked at curiously when I last went which was (eek) 13 years ago.

scottw wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 2:18 pm

arpthark wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:13 am Can't speak to the other points, but I think you just need photo ID. You may have your car searched. I had a sousaphone bit in my seat looked at curiously when I last went which was (eek) 13 years ago.

A lot has changed in those 13 years! Now the security is much stronger. If you fill out the requisite forms [2] in advance and get there well before anything you really want to catch [We go Wednesday afternoon, get the paperwork done at the trailer]. After the initial stuff, it is much quicker any subsequent times you enter. Passport or ACCEPTED ID is needed. REAL ID is good and some states' [not all] picture drivers' license is also accepted, but you need to check on your state's progress toward REAL ID. For example: some years ago our late friend here, Paul Maybery, drove all the way in from Minnesota, met me in NJ, and we drove to Ft Myer. At the gate, Paul was informed that his picture ID from there was not accepted and he would not be admitted! That one took a lot of kind members of TUSAB to make that happen.
The government seems to make it as hard as possible to uncover forms needed, but here are the 2 you need to complete prior to arriving:
TUSAB-TEW—2025 forms
https://home.army.mil/jbmhh/2316/7509/8 ... 90-16x.pdf
This is the installation access request form.
Hope this helps!
Scottw
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https://pass.aie.army.mil/JBMHH/
This is the Automated Installation Entry (AIE) Visitor Website--this is submitted and they send back a temporary visitor pass good for the day requested--1-29-25.
When we go to the visitor sign-in trailer, we get a pass for all 4 days.
Do not submit this prior to January 15 [less than 15 days before arrival date]

scottw wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 2:55 pm Yep--and you use the express lane at Hatfield Gate!

DonO. wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:11 am I am seriously considering attending if at all possible. However, I am quite the babe in the woods about the arrangements. The last time I went was decades ago and I only went for the day. This time I would want to stay for the whole thing. So I have tons of questions.

1. Do you have to pre register? If so, how do you do that? I couldn’t find it on their web site.
2. Recommendations for motels nearby that are reasonably priced?
3. How difficult is it to get though the gates onto the base? What kind of documents do you need for security?

GrecoTrombone wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 5:16 pm

DonO. wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:11 am I am seriously considering attending if at all possible. However, I am quite the babe in the woods about the arrangements. The last time I went was decades ago and I only went for the day. This time I would want to stay for the whole thing. So I have tons of questions.

1. Do you have to pre register? If so, how do you do that? I couldn’t find it on their web site.
2. Recommendations for motels nearby that are reasonably priced?
3. How difficult is it to get though the gates onto the base? What kind of documents do you need for security?

You don't have to, but should! Here's a link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-tuba- ... tdtcreator

And here's a "get on base" link:

https://pass.aie.army.mil/jbmhh/

You should do both, not just one or the other. If you're only going to do one, do the "get on base" link.

Can't tell you about motels specifically, but there's plenty of lodging right around the base.

Not terribly difficult. If you preregister, that makes it a bit easier. Bring your photo ID for sure, but also be prepared to sit and wait for at most an hour. If you're registered and they check your car, you usually are set for the rest of the week and they'll direct you a different way to bypass. Not sure if that's changed.