Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune has implemented the Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) to facilitate a secure and efficient means of accessing the installation. DBIDS ensures the protection of active duty personnel, family members and civilian employees while allowing controlled access to authorized patrons, contractors, vendors and sponsored visitors.

DoD ID card holders will automatically be enrolled in DBIDS after their first ID scan upon entering Camp Lejeune. DoD ID card holders may also sponsor visitors as outlined in the link below.

All unescorted visitors are required to obtain a DBIDS card or temporary paper pass at the Camp Lejeune Visitor Center or the Contractor Vetting Office in order to gain authorized access to Camp Lejeune. Unescorted visitors must be sponsored or on official business. Visitors will have their identity validated and be issued an appropriate DBIDS credential at no cost. Visitors must obtain a DBIDS credential at the Camp Lejeune Visitor Center (Bldg. TT-13). The Camp Lejeune Visitor Center is located in Bldg. TT-13 adjacent the Wilson Boulevard Gate, just off N.C. Highway 24. (see map). Those visitors who have not been pre-vetted can expect longer wait times at the visitor center. Visitors can also arrange for their sponsor to meet them at the visitor center parking lot to be escorted onto the installation under the Trusted Traveler Program.The visitor center is open Monday through Friday: 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and closed on weekends.

Phone: (910) 451-7734

Additional numbers: (910) 450-0281 / 0282 / 0283 / 0284 / 0286 / 0287 / 0288

Email: lejeunevisitorcenter@usmc.mil

 To access the installation, veterans and caregivers authorized under the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018, will need to stop by the Camp Lejeune Visitor Center adjacent the Wilson Gate on Wilson Blvd. or the MCAS New River Visitor Center on Curtis Drive and provide the following information:

Veterans

• Veterans Health Identification Card that identifies their eligibility status

   Purple Heart

 POW

 Service-connected disability

Caregivers

• Eligibility letter from the VA Office of Community Care

Valid government identification card

• Valid government issued identification card

DoD Common Access Card

DoD unformed services identification card

REAL ID driver’s license or identification card

Enhanced driver’s license

U.S. passport or passport card

Foreign passport bearing unexpired immigrant or non-immigrant visa or entry stamp

Federal personal identity verification card

Veterans Health Identification Card

Transportation Worker Identification Card

PLEASE NOTE: Per MARADMIN 595/18 and DoD Manual 5200.08 V3, driver's licenses and identification cards marked “not valid for federal purposes,” “federal limits may apply,” or any other similar language may not be accepted by DoD for the purpose of unescorted access (i.e. to obtain a Visitor Pass or DBIDS Credential).