In the past, adults could gain entry to Fort Sill by showing any government-issued I.D. card (driver’s license, tribal membership, V.A. identification, etc.). After the attacks of 9/11, the Department of Defense (DoD) passed more restrictive rules for military bases worldwide. However, the Army has been operating with an exemption to that rule until recently.

Current Guidelines 

The DoD guidelines require that everyone entering a military installation have a nationwide background check. With the lifting of the exemption, Fort Sill is implementing an installation access policy. This policy is in accordance with Fort Sill Memo 190-13 and meets the background check requirement. Photographic pass cards will be issued for all visitors and open a Visitors Control Center (VCC) (located just south of Bentley Gate on Sheridan Road) to manage the program.

Under DoD guidelines, adults and certain children (16 years old or older and are driving a vehicle) without a current active duty military I.D. card, family I.D. or retiree I.D. must go through the VCC for a pass card. This card will then allow them unescorted access to Fort Sill.