Fort Benning announced this week that they are no longer requiring visitors to get passes before entering post or those with military IDs who want to skip the visitor center to get DoD car decals.

The new policy will also have a major impact on installation budgets, resulting in an estimated $750,000 in annual savings Navy-wide, as well as a drastic reduction in administrative tasks.

A 2007 Air Force fact sheet called the decals "an expensive duplication of state registration and licensing." Navy officials in 2013 said the service would save $750,000 annually by cutting the ...