The Real ID Act and Military Base Access
Updated Information for May 7 2025 Deadline
UPDATE: On May 7, 2025, U.S. travelers must be REAL ID compliant to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently finalized an update to its DoD-Wide installation security policy and is in the process of no longer accepting noncompliant marked cards across all of its facilities and installations. However, DoD will continue to accept state-issued noncompliant unmarked "legacy" cards until the May 7, 2025 deadline.
The 2005 law known as the Real ID Act, requires states to meet minimum security requirements for state-issued ID cards such as driver's licenses, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Although the agency's extension for the affected states has expired, Pentagon officials have granted extra time for DoD-operated locations. The reason behind the Real ID Act is to stop the production of fake IDs.
At this time there is no update on how military bases are handling this legislation. As of now, a state-issued driver's license should suffice when entering the depots at San Diego and Parris Island. However, we recommend calling ahead of time, leaving enough time to acquire a new state-issued ID or a passport. Beyond MCRD is another issue; this March we had a staff member that was not allowed to use her Missouri State ID to gain access to a military facility.
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