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servicemember from one permanent duty station (PDS)
to another. Issuance of a PCS order does not in and of
itself carry travel and transportation entitlements. The
orders must be read to determine if there is, in fact, a
change of permanent station and not just a change of
activity.
The following paragraphs contain a discussion on
situations that affect the PCS entitlement policy.
TRANSFER BETWEEN TWO
NONSHIPBOARD ACTIVITIES LOCATED
IN THE SAME PDS LOCATION WITHIN
CONUS
A servicemember transferring between two
nonshipboard activities/unit identification codes (UICs)
and/or units located within CONUS at the same PDS
location has no PCS entitlements. However, if the
service member’s household relocation is mission
essential and in the best interest of the government, a
local move of household goods (HHG) may be
authorized if the commanding officer issues a statement
that such a local move is necessary as a direct result of
the transfer. For the purpose of DLA, PCS includes
relocation of a household due to military necessity or
government convenience within the corporate limits of
the same city or town in connection with a transfer
between activities.
TRANSFER BETWEEN TWO
NONSHIPBOARD ACTIVITIES IN
PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER BUT NOT
AT THE SAME PDS LOCATION
A servicemember transferring between two
nonshipboard activities or units in proximity to each
other but not at the same PDS does have a personal
travel and transportation entitlement. However, the
member does not automatically have HHG shipment,
dependent travel and transportation, or DLA
entitlement.
Normally, shipment of HHG is not authorized in
connection with a PCS between PDSs in proximity to
each other.
However, if the gaining CO issues a
statement that HHG shipment is mission essential
and in the best interest of the government and
appropriate accounting data is provided by
CHNAVPERS (PERS 4) in the PCS order, HHG can be
authorized.
Remember, if the PCS order does not have the
appropriate accounting data, a request for a modification
to the PCS order must be submitted to PERS 4 before
executing the orders to obtain the accounting data.
PDSs are in proximity to each other when they are
both in an area ordinarily serviced by the same local
transportation system and servicemembers could
reasonably commute daily from home to either PDS.
Figure 12-10 is an example of such a change in
PDS.
PCS ORDERS BETWEEN SHIPS IN THE
SAME HOME PORT OR BETWEEN A SHIP
AND SHORE ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY
OF THE SAME HOME PORT
PCS orders between ships in the same home port or
between a ship and a shore activity in the vicinity of the
same home port may be issued without accounting data
for HHG shipment or dependent travel and
transportation. If household relocation will occur and
accounting data was not issued in the PCS order, your
command should send a request for a modification to
the PCS order to include appropriate accounting data to
PERS 4 before executing them.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF PCS ORDERS
The effective date of PCS orders is important for
determining entitlement for transportation of
dependents and shipment of HHG. The basic definition
A servicemember receives PCS orders to detach
from the Navy Yard, Washington, DC. The
servicemember is to report to a place located 3
miles outside the Washington, DC, corporate
limits. The servicemember could commute
daily to the new PDS from the same residence
occupied while assigned to the old PDS
(Washington, DC). In this case there is no
entitlement to movement of HHG, dependent
travel and transportation, or DLA. However,
the servicemember is entitled to personal travel
and transportation allowances incident to the
transfer.
If the servicemember relocates the household,
there aren’t any PCS entitlements, unless the
gaining CO issues a statement that the
relocation was neccessary as a direct result of the
PCS and appropriate accounting data is
provided by PERS 4.
Figure 12-10.-Sample change in PDS.
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