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    3.5 (23 reviews)
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    Friends & Family Day pinecone heart making with moi
    Candace L.

    This is a civilian review of my experience visiting Fort Jackson for Friends & Family Day and Graduation Day. My sons ship date was in February and he's missing his Honors Convocation (graduated a semester early Summa Cum Laude) and his Ceremony both taking this week so I was overjoyed to be able to attend some sort of graduation for him. I'm grateful to have the privilege of attending his BCT, Officer and Ranger graduations in person. I rented an Airbnb 7minutes from Gate 4 as this is the Gate we were instructed to use for Hilton Field and I wanted to be as close as possible for ease and convenience. We did use Gate 2 at different times since he was living near this Gate. Have your insurance card, car rental agreement and everyone's ID ready before you reach the gate. You'll want to arrive early both days but in all honesty, I think it's excessive to suggest arriving at 7a when the gates open. Unless you have a friend or family member who requires a ton of extra time to get to/from the car and into the bleachers, you can totally manage on the same time frame. Just my two cents, feel free to wait hours if that makes you feel most comfy. We arrived 8-815ish both days and had plenty of time to get parked, use the restroom and find front row seating in the bleachers. You're instructed to be in your seat by 850A and there was absolutely zero issue with an 8A arrival. If you're anything like me if you're here much before that, you'll be bored out of your mind - waiting for hours. I'd say there's no need for that, but do you! Bring a light jacket if need be (check the weather), I'm sure this isn't necessary in the Summer months but what I do know... I'm from CA not SC. It was chilly in May and a morning jacket was nice to have. Bringing a seat cushion if you require extra padding would be a nice to have, if you're able. Friends/Fam Day: We brought coffee and brekke to share with my son and packed a hearty bag of snacks and a cookie cake for the day. A couple family members left the base to secure Chick Fil A for lunch but you could very well pick up from anywhere and bring on. We wanted something simple and close since we were dining out several times the next day. I'd HIGHLY recommend bringing a picnic blanket AND tablecloths. I totally dropped the ball on these. We did without both but they would have been great! If you're flying in I understand it's not so easy to pack picnic blankets but they'd really be handy for laying out in different areas. Beach towels or even hotel swim towels may do the trick in a pinch. A cooler with ice is also highly recommended. Again, flying into town with a large Yeti isn't something most can do and folks driving in have it much easier in these areas but go secure a Styrofoam cooler from Kroger with a couple bags of ice and call it a day. You'll want to keep your cold bevvies cold. I picked up plates, utensils, cups etc. from the Dollar Store nearby to use throughout the day. There is a Starbucks on base, it's insane busy but it's here. There are other food options on base but none are great and the coffee cart does not have non dairy milk options if that's a deal breaker for you. There's a bowling alley, movie theatre, mini golf, water park (not yet open for the season during our visit), museum, lake, pool tables, video game room, corn hole and many activities to keep busy. Even bringing your laptop to watch movies on could be nice. Lawn games, cards, etc. are also all nice ideas. I should have packed my sons smaller chess board but didn't. I felt prepared but later felt I could have planned much better. We drove around a lot and hung out in different areas for short periods of time which was nice to get a feel for things but settling into an area or two may have been more ideal... blame Mom brain after not seeing my baby for a bit. You can plan better. Graduation Day - the best piece of advise we received beforehand was from a reddit board saying to leave ASAP as there are so many cars trying to exit, you don't want to waste precious time in lines backed up at gates. Take pics all over on Friends & Fam Day, snap a few on the lawn after Graduation and get to your car quickly to depart. There was heavy traffic but it wasn't too bad. I feel you'll want to get your 9 hours of alone time started ASAP as they go SO FAST if you're dropping your solider back for government transfer. Thinking back on it now, I had the ability to drive him to Fort Benning but we chose not to so I could stay in town with my Mom and his girlfriend due to their flights not leaving until Saturday. I could have had him overnight and most of the next day. If you have this option and want extra time with your family member I'd book your rental car and flights in/out of airports that would enable you to do this - which I had, flying in/out of ATL vs CAE and not leaving until Mon. Congrats to all! DM me if there's anything else I can possibly help you with for your special day with your solider.

    Danielle P.

    Updated review with pics! Love my walks here, nothing new. Check it our if you are eligible to go on base.

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    South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles

    2.3(4 reviews)
    3.8 mi

    I dislike having to go to any SCDMV offices and the Oneil Court seems very disorganized from the…read moretime you walk in and take a seat to be called. I always have to go there because the DMV never sends my yearly vehicle sticker on time. Staff seems hostile at times and act like they do not want to be bothered even though it's a job. The employees there pay taxes, and they need to realize the customers they service pay taxes as well. Customer service could be a lot better for all. The lack of good supervision brings about chaos in the workplace.

    You know, it's ridiculous. I don't know what's going on. But these people are driving like they got…read moretheir license out of a crackerjack box. I think what needs to be done and what they need to consider really is to call all these young people and have them to Retest again and if they don' pass, then they should be given a permit. This is ridiculous. There was emergency vehicles coming down the road and these young people I'm trying to merge over to give the vehicles the right to proceed without causing the accident and these young people don't even understand what they supposed to do. I'm about to get an accident because they're just not merging, and they're still going on about their business, having their little conversations with their silly selves. Please save lives and do something about elderly people who can't drive and are scared and young people who don't understand the rules of the road and red light green light. And if emergency vehicle is coming, just because they can afford a car doesn't mean that they need to be in a car driving. RidiculousFlorida has a thing now that you can report aggressive driving.I don't understand the home.People don't know you're supposed to stay a car length behind south Carolina license plates and then they're bringing their own crazy driving styles, they're obnoxious to say the least, and motor vehicle needs to do something about this, to keep other people safe when it's raining, they don't know what to do on dry road, but they're swerving, in and out of traffic like they know What they're doing like they're the balls go the road, and don't mention these big trucks, 4 / 4 trucks or whatever they are, they just think that they rule the road, how some respect we're all trying to get somewhere, let's arrive alivei'm\n Tired of being a human crash dummy at the hands of other people because they don't know what the hell they're doing.

    Fort Jackson - Graduation field

    Fort Jackson

    3.7(3 reviews)
    3.9 mi

    This installation is one of the Army's largest training sites. It's green, with lots of long roads…read morewith very little signage. It's a typical military installation in that since. Despite what the weather report says if you are here for a graduation dress warm. At least make sure you bring a jacket or a blanket, It's at least 15 degrees cooler in that area. The graduation area has a few vendors selling Army flare prior to Tue ceremony. Videos of the graduation will run you about 35 and will have to be mailed to you. If you want the graduation and basic training video that cost about 65 for both. Hoodies and sweaters are about 45 and of course there's knives,stickers, and flags of all sorts. Overall its a solid experience and basic training graduation is one of those unforgettable events. If your just visiting you want be disappointed in anyway.

    I see two reviews here. One was apparently someone who attended a graduation and the other had…read moreactually trained there. Neither really discussed what occurs there. I went to basic training and then advanced training in the communications school there in 1970. I was nostalgic so looked at Google Earth and maps, but nothing was familiar. It made the base look like a combination amusement park and a suburban community. I wondered..........where the heck is the actual huge military base I remembered? The vast forest areas where we hiked and learned to shoot, and the immense barrack areas by Tank Hill? Nothing was the same. Anyway, I then went to U Tube where they showed trainees in the gas chamber, taking off their masks and running out coughing. It looked a lot easier and more mild then what I remember, probably because the gas chamber wasn't that gassed up and was too big to concentrate the gas from the little shack they had us in. Hopefully they still train hard like they did back in the day, as these guys do go off to war. The training experience was very tough for me but I'm glad I pushed myself thru it. I certainly wasn't an impressive soldier but it did teach me self confidence.

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