[Gay State Conservative]

I'm former Army (6 years,no pension) and I've been trying to get permission to attend courts-martial in Massachusetts and Connecticut but they say I can't because they won't let me onto the base. The Rules for Courts Martial says that with a few exception (e.g., cases involving classified material) courts martial are to be open to the general public...including people with no connection to the military.

That really annoys me.

[Justa]

“I’ve been trying to get permission to attend courts-martial in Massachusetts and Connecticut....”

Go to the base visitor’s center. It’s usually just outside the gate. Explain the situation. They’ll take your DL and issue you a day pass. If you have a VA ID card they may take that. Unless you have a service related ID card (VA, DoD medically retired etc.) you likely don’t qualify for a base access type ID. So just do the day passes. Same way civilians do it.

[T.B. Yoits]

I've been trying to get permission to attend courts-martial ...

I suspect one call to the office of the Area Defense Counsel (ADC) would resolve that.