I know the military pays the shipment of household goods to home of record but do they also pay per diem for meals, hotel and mileage while driving POV home? Rather than flying home, we will be driving 2500 miles with spouse and pet. Will we get any reimbursement for expenses? If so, what paperwork do we submit?
DD 1351-2 is the claim form.
PCS Entitlements for Separating or Retiring Military Service Members (items are links)
Monetary Allowance in Lieu of Transportation (MALT)
Plus (Per Diem)
Dependent Travel
Personally Procured Moves (PPM)
Advance Payments
Per
Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), we cannot process your travel voucher until the date you are placed on the retirement list or the discharge date on your mlitary orders.
Form Completion
Make sure your claim is complete and correct before you send it in! If you include a valid e-mail address in box 6e of your DD1351-2, we will send you updates. Don’t forget to keep a copy of your submission.
Follow these tips:
- Use SmartVoucher – This guides you step-by-step through a series of questions and upon completion, it will generate a completed DD Form 1351-2 travel voucher.
- Follow the How to Complete the DD1351-2 Guide
- Use the Military Permanent Change of Station or Separating/ Retiring from the Military checklist to make sure you complete all the required information.
- Review your specific entitlement under the "PCS Entitlements" above.
Link here to access all the necessary forms for your Military PCS
ATTENTION customers submitting casualty PCS travel vouchers:
Submit your travel voucher packages to
[email protected]
or mail to:
DFAS-IN/Casualty Travel (JFA)
8899 E. 56th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46249
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051003. Service Member on Active Duty who Retires, is Placed on the TDRL, is Discharged with Severance or Separation Pay, or is Involuntarily Released with Readjustment or Separation Pay and Associated Dependent Travel ...
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051003. Service Member on Active Duty who Retires, is Placed on the TDRL, is Discharged with Severance or Separation Pay, or is Involuntarily Released with Readjustment or Separation Pay and Associated Dependent Travel
A. Eligibility
1. A Service member and his or her dependent are authorized PCS travel and transportation allowances when the Service member is on active duty and meets any of the following conditions:
a. Retired for a physical disability or placed on the TDRL, regardless of the length of service.
b. Retired with pay for any reason, including transfer to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, after serving at least 8 years of continuous active duty with no single break of more than 90 days.
c. Separated with severance or separation pay after serving at least 8 years of continuous active duty with no single break of more than 90 days.
d. Involuntarily released with readjustment or separation pay after serving at least 8 years of continuous active duty with no single break of more than 90 days.
2. The Service member’s PCS travel and transportation allowances are authorized from the last PDS to a home that he or she selects, known as an HOS. The dependent’s PCS travel and transportation allowances are from the last PDS, or the place where the dependent was last transported at Government expense, to the HOS.
B. Selecting an HOS. The Service member may select a home that is:
1. Any place in the United States.
2. His or her HOR outside the United States or the place outside the United States from which the Service member was initially called or ordered to active duty.
3. Any other place. Reimbursement is limited to the PCS travel and transportation allowances to a location in the CONUS that the Service member selects.
a. Compare the cost of travel and transportation to the actual HOS to the cost that would have been incurred had the Service member traveled to the selected location in the CONUS.
b. The Service member is paid the lesser of the actual cost or the constructed cost.
Note: Once a home is selected, that selection is irrevocable if transportation in-kind is furnished and used or if travel and transportation allowances are received after travel is completed.
C. No HOS
1. A Service member is not authorized an HOS and may only be reimbursed PCS travel and transportation allowances to either the HOR or the PLEAD, but not to an HOS, when the Service member:
a. Is retired without pay.
b. Has less than 8 years of continuous active-duty service before retirement and retires for any reason other than a physical disability.
c. Has less than 8 years of continuous active-duty service before discharge with severance or separation pay.
d. Is involuntarily released to inactive duty with readjustment or separation pay.
2. A Service member may be reimbursed dependent PCS travel and transportation allowances from the last PDS to an HOR, or to a place where the dependent was last transported at...
Ron