The Fort Bragg Department of Motor Vehicles office has reopened its doors after closing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It was a move that promises to make life easier for service members and their families stationed at the nation’s most populous Army base.
The reopening, highlighted by a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday afternoon, introduced new features such as a self-service kiosk designed to speed up transactions and reduce wait times.
“Coming off of first deployment, I came back, and it was gone,” said Garrison Command Colonel Chad Mixon, U.S. Army. Mixon said the presence of a DMV office on post is a significant relief for soldiers. “A lot of us relied on that place because it was so important and so beneficial to the soldiers. We didn’t have to go to stand off in the long lines off post.”
The original DMV at Fort Bragg opened in 2016 with four employees and operated out of the Soldier Support Center. Since its closure, service members have had to travel to DMVs in nearby communities, such as Raeford, where wait times often run for hours…