Canadian Navy sailors told to ensure their Passports are current.

Are you out now due to your brain injury?

Next time block the eyes & cheeks. Everyone uses facial recognition biometrics these days.

I was in an army, you can guess which one if you like. We weren't allowed to carry ANYTHING with our identification on it, apart from our name and service number which was written on every piece of equipment. We sure weren't allowed to carry things like passports around.

It's very easy actually to legally get into Canada without a passport if you have the right card, and cross the right border.

Are you really posting from Mongolia? If so, very glad to have you on the forum, wish you would start some "I'm in Mongolia, ask me a question" type threads on a regular basis. Love to have some views from the man on the street in Ulaan Bataar or wherever you are.

If you are in the Canadian Military please chime in.

Exactly my point!

American service members planning a quick trip across the border to Tijuana, a vacation to Canada or even a Caribbean cruise had better pay attention to new, tougher requirements for identification at the border.

For years, troops and civilians who visited Mexico, Canada, Bermuda and the Caribbean islands were exempt from presenting identity papers at U.S. borders and seaports.

Then, in January 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection began requiring passports for air arrivals from those nations.

Now, U.S. service members returning by land or sea from those nations need passports or other secure ID — passport cards, Enhanced Driver’s Licenses or “trusted traveler’’ cards — unless travelers are on certain exempt cruises. Military IDs and common access cards do not qualify, according to the State Department.

during my ten years in the navy I never needed a passport in any of the 7 countries i visited and had shore leave in, my military ID was my passport.

I've never thought of Mongolia as being so exotic to warrant an alien-like thread such as "Axe me a question..." lol

I am however really posting today from somewhere in Mongolia.

Thanks for the kind word.

You might enter a country without a passport but if you try to live there it might be differient. A passport could make it easier to abandon ship and go native.

Better off to have the passport. Maybe the earth will turn up-side-down, and you will find yourself on the wrong side.

And these are "friendly neighbours". Now your telling me that you need a passport to get into Canada, but Turkey is just going to welcome your ass in? Get real.

MY PASSPORT IS MY SLR MOFO!!!

Tell them to stop being cannon fodder for the bankers, please. The less people that fight, the less war there will be.

This is true for non-active US service members and US service members on leave.

I do not believe it is true for active duty US service members on assignment or in transit to and from their stations, or on temporary shore leave.

Basically, if they are in uniform on official business, they are exempt.

Big difference.

I just talked to grandpa. 27 years in the army and a retired colonel and a shit load of medals.

Me: Grandpa when you were in the army and traveled all over the world going from base to base did you have to have a passport?

Grandpa: YES

So I asked the question a different way.

Me: Example, If you are stationed here and was sent to Vietnam to go to war do you need your passport?

Grandpa: No. That's a duty assignment that's sending you to war zone. Now If I were to fly from Vietnam to Italy I would need it..

BS! Military forces from any country don't need passports to go to another country if deployed.

Umadbro?

This is correct!

On official business and with official documents...exempt.

On leave, even shore leave or travelling home on leave...(only speaking for Canadian Military) Passport required.

No. An SLR is a rifle like a FN-FAL, except made in Lithgow instead of Belgium. If some "Customs" guys asked for passports, well, RIFLE BEATS PAPERWORK.

Also, Paperwork Beats Digging Holes, and Digging Holes beats Rifle Fire. It's like Rock Scissors Paper if you know what I mean and I think you do.

Exactly. This is why they need them. Often enough they can and do travel while on leave.

Don't you want to tell them to stop fighting banker wars?

Ever play the game Twilight2000?

It's a good idea to always keep a passport handy when possible. The more the merrier actually.

Some specops operators keep several around for just the right occasions.

Yeah he said it's possible that you will be sent other places..

This thread has gotten way off track.

Listen, all I know is that when my dad goes over seas, he always brings his passport. Always.

If you don't think he needs it, fine.

Yesterday he a some that he works closely with were told to ensure their passports were current.

This makes sense. Most Americans in the military probably don't have a passport because most have no interest in traveling outside their country.

Thought military when flying military did not need a passport?

Maybe they're getting ready to desert and bug-out?

They'd need them for that.



j/k

Does he have a brother? Can you tell us if his brother has a passport? Or your mother's brother would be fine if your father doesn't have a brother.