Some Help for Soldiers Calling Home

There is useful information in this post for soldiers and their families thanks to help from a reader of Fractals of Change.

Some but certainly not all of our troops in Iraq are able to bypass the outrageous rates which AT&T (which has a payphone monopoly in PXes) charges for calling home.  These soldiers are at bases which have morale centers equipped with DSN (Defense Switch Network) phones.  These phones can be used to make free calls to bases in the US which will often complete instate calls free or allow the use of cheap domestic calling cards for out-of-state bases.

Susan K. Burke who works as an operator at a military base in Massachusetts posted a comment which told soldiers what DSN number to call for call completion in that state - (312)478-5980.

Reader brianspringer asked in a comment what the DSN numbers for NY and Virginia.  Susan did some research and gave him lists for those two states which I’ve listed at the bottom of this post.

Susan has also provided a universal DSN number - DSN (312) 231-1311 – which any soldier with access to DSN phones can call in order to find the correct DSN numbers for bases in his or her home state.  She checked this number herself to make sure questions would be answered.  Thanks to Susan for continuing to help.

DSN numbers in NY and Virginia from Susan:

There are a few in NY –don’t know if these are current, or 24/7, but here they are:

Academy - West Point -688-4011 / 845-938-4011 

Ft Drum – Watertown 772-6011 

Ft Hamilton – Brooklyn -232-1110

 

Ft Totten – Queens -456-0700 

Griffiss Afb – Rome -587-1110 

Hancock Fld – Syracuse -489-9110  

Seneca Army Dpt – Seneca -489-5110

Watervilet Arsenal – Watervilet 974-6111

 

And for VA:

Cameron Station – Alexandria -227-0101

 

Cmd Ctr Marcorps – Arlington -227-0101 

Dca Hq – Arlington -227-0101 

Dev&ed Cmd Marcorps – Quantico -278-2121 

Ft A P Hill - Bowling Freen -578-8710 

Ft Belvoir – Alexandria -227-0101 

Ft Eustis - Newport News -826-1212

Ft Lee – Petersburg -539-3000 

Ft Monroe – Hampton -680-2111

 

Ft Myer – Arlington -227-0101 

Ft Pickett – Blackstone -438-8621 

Ft Story - Virginia Beach -438-7305 

Hoffman Bldg Def Dept - Alexandria -227-0101 

Hq Lant Flt Marcorps – Norfolk -564-0111 

Langley Afb – Hampton -574-1110 / 757-764-9990 

Norfolk Nas – Norfolk -564-0111 

Norfolk Naval Base – Norfolk -564-0111 

Norfolk Naval Shipyard – Portsmouth -961-3000 

Oceana Nas - Virginia Beach -564-0111