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Who\u2019s next?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: This story has been updated to include changes at Aviano Air Base, Italy, related to DoD civilian retiree ID cards.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military retirees living in Turkey have been put on notice that, beginning in fiscal 2024, they will not have access to U.S. military bases in that country \u2014 but they have just received a 3\u00bd month reprieve from the original June 15 cutoff date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memo rescinding the Thursday deadline was issued June 13 by Air Force Col. Calvin B. Powell, commander of the 39th Air Base Wing at Incirlik Air Base. The restrictions are now scheduled to take effect Oct. 1. Powell\u2019s original memo, dated May 27, gave retirees roughly two weeks\u2019 notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States\u2019 bilateral agreements with Turkey do not permit U.S. Forces to extend [Status of Forces Agreement] privileges or access to installations, facilities and activities to retirees,\u201d according to Powell\u2019s June 13 memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey isn\u2019t the only country where changes are being considered. Officials at Aviano Air Base, Italy, are \u201clooking into potential access changes,\u201d said Air Force Capt. Mark Goss, a spokesman for U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa. \u201cAt this time we cannot confirm if\/when this change may take place\u201d at Aviano, he said. \u201cIf there is a change in installation access policies, wing leadership will communicate this to those affected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goss later provided updated information about changes at Aviano. As of Aug. 31, DoD civilian retiree ID cards will no longer be valid, regardless of the expiration date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These retirees will now be required to get a Real ID or Real ID Act-compliant driver\u2019s license from their state, and must register with the 31st Security Forces Squadron Visitor Control Center, using their Real ID and a Standard Form-50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInstallation access for DoD civilian retirees will be at the discretion of the installation commander,\u201d Goss said. \u201cRetired uniformed service members will not lose base access on Aug. 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAny changes will be in accordance with U.S. and Italian installation access policies,\u201d he said. \u201cThe 31st Fighter Wing will continue to work with the host nation to ensure all those who served continue to have access to Aviano Air Base, Italy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Changes in the Philippines regarding access to military postal services had also been in the works last year, but were put on hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For retirees in Turkey, it means they are prohibited from shopping at commissaries and Army and Air Force Exchange Service locations, according to Powell\u2019s memo. Retirees also will not be authorized to use military postal services beyond Oct. 1. It revokes access to the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System and ID card offices, the Tricare representative, legal offices, and every other service available on the installations and geographically separated units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new rules apply to Incirlik Air Base, Izmir Air Station and Ankara Air Station, as well as the 425th Air Base Squadron and 717th Air Base Squadron, two geographically separated units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis impacts a lot of retired U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force NCOs and their families,\u201d said one retiree, who asked to remain anonymous. \u201cRetirees have had access for years. Many living here depend on the APO lifeline for Tricare and VA medication refills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Express Scripts Pharmacy can only mail Tricare prescription medications to U.S.-based addresses, State Department Pouch Mail and APO\/FPO\/DPO addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A big concern for him, he said, is voting. Retirees in Turkey and elsewhere rely on the APO mail system to vote in U.S. elections. The military postal service is more reliable for getting their ballots from local election officials in the U.S. and returning them in time to be counted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the summer of 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/08\/16\/overseas-military-retirees-postal-privileges-still-in-limbo\/\" target=\"_blank\">military retirees in the Philippines<\/a> were told their military mail privileges would be cut off, but that decision was put on hold pending further review by defense officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Department of Defense actuarial tables, there were 121 military retirees living in Turkey as of September 2020. The new rules also affect their widows and dependents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number could be an undercount, the retiree stated, because it probably doesn\u2019t count retirees who live in Turkey half the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goss said the decision was a result of a \u201ccomprehensive review of the mission sets of the 39th Air Base Wing units in Turkiye, force protection conditions, resources and manning, and all relevant agreements, laws and regulations\u201d to ensure compliance in international agreements with Turkey, and to ensure that their geographically separated units \u201cremain effective in their mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In effect, this allows base privileges for those from other countries, but not for military retirees, the retiree said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn Izmir, the U.S. air facility is about three miles from NATO Land Command headquarters,\u201d the retiree said. \u201cIts sole purpose is to support NATO. Now our allies can use the [exchange] and commissary, but long-serving American military retirees can\u2019t. In Ankara, it is the same. While retirees in Incirlik have not had access for years because it is a Turkish-flagged air base, they have been able to visit Ankara or Izmir.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials are not rescinding the retirees\u2019 privileges per se, he said. \u201cThey\u2019re just barring access to the buildings,\u201d which has the same effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Aviano Air Base, word has gotten out that changes in base access may be afoot, said the son of one military widow. His mother needs to be able to go the credit union and post office, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHer Social Security and survivor\u2019s benefits come to her credit union [on Aviano], and they are getting more stringent about requiring account holders to come in person,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She\u2019s elderly and in poor health, he said, and needs someone to drive her and help her about. 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