Retirees in Turkey are facing a sudden restriction to their access to U.S. military bases in the country, cutting them off from vital services and a link to home.
Col. Calvin B. Powell, commander of the 39th Air Base Wing at Incirlik Air Base, issued a memo last week warning the small population of retirees of the impending move, which is set to take place on Oct. 1, according to the Military Times.
The retirees will also lose access to the American post office boxes located at on-base post offices, which one retiree said are used for everything from receiving vital medications to casting their ballots in U.S. elections."They use the P.O. box to get vital diabetes medicine and things like cast their vote in America," the retiree, who asked to be identified by his first name Michael, told Fox News Digital.
"Every election, we go [to the military post office] to cast our vote because we know our vote will get there," he said."If we have to use the Turkish system… it's like rolling your dice. You just don't know if your vote is ever going to get there."One of the perks of retiring from the military has long been the lifetime access to military installations and services, a benefit viewed as even more vital to those who have retired far from home.
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