USFK Base Access & Locations
Personnel & Vehicle Access
Personnel & Vehicle Access
March 19, 2024
DBIDS and your ID Card: DBIDS is a DOD Enterprise Access Control tool that scans DOD issued ID cards/credentials. It also produces a Base Pass ID, called a DBIDS card, for those without a DOD credential requiring base access. Installation commander(s) have the final word on who is or is not allowed on their base, but DBIDS is a DOD tool to assist them.
For who remember DBIDS before 2019, DBIDS no longer requires you to "register" your DOD ID card with DBIDS.
Why do we no longer have to register our DOD ID cards in DBIDS? With the DBIDS upgrade in Korea to version 5 in 2019, DOD ID card holders NO LONGER have to visit a DBIDS office to 'register' into DBIDS like the old days! The process between DEERS and DBIDS is now more automated and the two share data - all across the globe, via a data synchronization process.
Even if you have never visited Korea before, upon FIRST scan of your ID card at any gate, DBIDS will reach-back and 'find' your DEERS record, bring it down to Korea.
Different DOD ID cards have different privilege's in the OCONUS world. In Korea a Retiree and their dependents have full base access and privilege's (shopping), except for a postal limitation. See the breakouts below of the different access authorizations.
Whether living in Korea or just visiting, Military Retirees (RET) of the U.S. Armed Services with a valid DoD Retiree ID card have unlimited base access to Korea installations, as do their dependents with a valid DoD Retiree Dependent ID card.
You are authorized to register one (1) vehicle on base and obtain a vehicle decal without an Exception to Policy (ETP). An ETP is required to register a second (2nd) vehicle. To begin the ETP process, download and fill out an ETP 2nd POV Request and submit to the Pass&ID Office in your area. Below is a downloadable and fillable document.
You are authorized to Escort (sign-in) four (4) persons onto base for one-day passes, and one (1) vehicle. Most bases allow escorting family members for up to four (4) consecutive days.
Whether living in Korea or just visiting, Dependent Spouses and eligible children of military retirees have full access to the base, just like the retiree themselves
Dependents are not allowed to register vehicles, only their sponsors.
You are authorized to Escort (sign-in) four (4) persons onto base for one-day passes, and one (1) vehicle.
Whether living in Korea, or just visiting, Un-Remarried Widow/Widower of deceased Retirees with a valid DoD Retiree Dependent ID card have unlimited base access to Korea installations. Please contact a DEERS /RAPIDS ID Card office with questions.
Un-Remarried Widow/Widowers are authorized to register one (1) vehicle on base and obtain a vehicle decal .
Un-Remarried Widow/Widowers are authorized to Escort (sign-in) four (4) persons onto base for one-day passes, and one (1) vehicle.
Whether living in Korea, or just visiting, 100% permanently rated VA Disabled American Veterans are eligible for a DOD DEERS/RAPIDS 100% Disabled American Veterans ID card (DAV), which comes with unlimited base access. Their dependents are also eligible for a dependent DEERS/RAPIDS DAV ID card.
DOD 100% Disabled American Veterans are authorized to register one (1) vehicle on base and obtain a vehicle decal .
DOD 100% Disabled American Veterans are authorized to Escort (sign-in) four (4) persons onto base for one-day passes, and one (1) vehicle.
Whether living in Korea, or just visiting, Dependent Spouses and eligible children of 100% permanently Disabled American Veterans with a DOD DEERS/RAPIDS 'DAV' ID card, have full access to the base.
Dependents are not allowed to register vehicles, only their sponsors.
Dependents of DOD 100% Disabled American Veterans are authorized to Escort (sign-in) four (4) persons onto base for one-day passes, and one (1) vehicle.
Whether living in Korea, or just visiting, Disabled Veterans with a Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC) have access to the base. Their dependents do not, since they are not issued a VHIC card. However you can apply for a DBIDS Base Access card for dependents at a Pass&ID Office using Form 81E, Go to a Pass&ID Office with your VHIC ID Card and they will update DBIDS so the card scans at gates.
VHIC card does not allow you to register your vehicle on base and get a decal.
VHIC card holders are not allowed to escort persons or vehicles, to include their own spouse.
YES: Family Members who are caregivers are authorized to apply for a DBIDS Base Access card. DBIDS is run and managed by the USFK Provost Marshall office, not DEERS/RAPIDS ID Card office, so Pass&ID offices control the policies and procedures for applying for a DBIDS Base Access card. Base policies may apply as well, so check with your local Pass&ID office.
NO: Non-family Member caregivers are no longer authorized DBIDS cards for base access.
Check with your Pass&ID Office for the latest USFK policies
Caregivers are not allowed to register vehicles on base.
Caregivers are not allowed to escort persons or vehicles, to include their own spouse.
The DOD DEERS/RAPIDS Civilian Retired ID Card program was terminated by the DOD in February 17, 2023. Read the Under Secretary of Defense memo. Emails were sent out to all DOD Civilian Retirees from the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) informing them of the phase-out and termination of existing Civilian Retiree ID cards effective August 31, 2023. Read a copy of the DMDC email. On 31 August 2023 the USFK Provost Marshal Office has authorized the DES Pass&ID Offices to issue DBIDS cards to Retired Civilian employees for base access to compensate for the DOD Civilian Retired ID Card termination. Each Area Pass&ID Office has their own approved processes to issue DBIDS cards, and whether or not to allow Escort Privilege's within their area.
The DOD DEERS/RAPIDS ID Card Office has NOTHING to do with any of these processes
If you lose your ID card, access the base to replace it by following these steps:
January 27, 2023
Anyone who DOES NOT have DOD ID card is a Visitor. Any visitor wishing to enter a USFK installation must be escorted by a DOD ID card holder who has Escort Authority, as listed in the above categories. Escort processes and procedures are controlled by each installations Pass & ID Access Control Office, with the largest on USAG Humphreys, Maude Hall, BLDG 6400, RM G101.
The USAG Humphreys Pass & ID Access Control Office office should be your first call/visit for visitor and escorting policy and procedures. They can refer you to other installations as needed.
Contact info for USAG Humphreys Pass & ID Access Control Office office:
- DSN: 315-757-4001/4002
- Commercial: +82-503-357-4001/4002
- Website: https://home.army.mil/humphreys/about/garrison/DES/physical-security/access-control
- Email: None
USAG Humphreys Gate Information, Access Control, Vehicle Registration
USAG Yongsan Gate Information
February 20, 2024
Thanks to GPS, getting lost is a thing of the past. Unfortunately, military bases have countless entrance gates, so finding your exact destination via GPS can often prove harder than it should. Below, you’ll find the latitude and longitude coordinates for many of the gates located in Korea. If you need to find the gate near the golf course at USAG Humphreys, just input the coordinates below (36.960906, 126.990362) for Adams(Dodu-Ri) gate into your GPS device of choice, and you’re sure to make that 7 a.m. tee time.
