If you're coming to Camp Lejeune and mobilizing through the DPC then you really need a rental car. I had one authorized at government expense for only the first ten days but I decided to keep it on my own dime. I'm here longer than most and I hate being confined to base and I'm getting per diem while here so I can afford it.
With the amount of running around you have to do while checking in and doing the field training the car is essential. (The base hospital is probably four or five miles away from mainside.) After that, it depends. If you're staying at the Lejeune Inn you are a half mile from the DPC and everything else is even closer. If you have a week or so of just waiting around then you can easily walk down to the DPC and check in every morning. If you are staying at the BOQ or the barracks down at French Creek then you need the car because they are miles away. If you cannot get a rental car in your orders and you are going to be here for a while, you can try this: Take a taxi from the airport to the Lejeune Inn and arrange for a rental from Enterprise. They are a couple hundred yards away at the MCX annex on Holcomb. Get your car there, use it for the days you really need it and then turn it back in and wait out your time. Then take a cab back to the airport and turn the taxi receipts in on your travel claim.
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