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CHAPTER 9
TRAVEL
Reimbursement for travel cannot be made unless a
travel order is issued or approved by the Secretary of the
Navy (SECNAV). SECNAV’s authority has been
delegated or redelegate to other officials to issue orders
directing a member or a group of members to travel
between designated points The Joint Federal Travel
Regulations (JFTR), volume I, and the U.S. Navy Travel
Instructions (NTI) define travel status and contain
detailed requirements for travel orders.
A travel order establishes, in writing, the conditions
for official travel and transportation at government
expense and provides the basis for the traveler’s
reimbursement. The principal type of travel orders that
Yeomen (YNs) are concerned with are cost temporary
additional duty (TAD) orders.
TAD orders are a form of temporary duty (TDY)
that involves one journey away from the member’s
permanent duty station (PDS) in the performance of
prescribed duties atone or more places and directs return
to the starting point upon completion of such duties.
Personnel on TAD remain assigned to the PDS from
which they proceeded on TAD.
TRAVEL TERMS
As a YN, you must become familiar with the
terminology used in travel and know under what
circumstances travel allowances are authorized and
when they are paid. The travel terms and allowances
most frequently encountered are as follows:
l Mileage allowance in lieu of transportation
(MALT) is an allowance paid on a per mile basis for the
official distance between the authorized points of travel
to members performing travel at personal expense under
permanent change of station (PCS) or TAD orders.
. Per diem is an allowance designed to offset the
cost of lodging, meals, and incidental expenses incurred
by a member while performing travel, TDY, or TAD
away from the PDS. The allowance under the
lodgings-plus system is established on the basis of the
actual amount the member pays for lodging plus a
prescribed amount for meals and incidental expenses
(M&IE). A per diem allowance is payable for whole
days, except for the day of departure from and the day
of return to the PDS, in which case it is computed on a
quarter-day basis.
Applicable reductions and deductions for meals are
made based on the availability of government facilities
(quarters and meals). Per diem rates inside the
continental United States (CONUS) are prescribed in
the JFTR, volume I, appendix D, part I, and per diem
rates for locations outside CONUS are prescribed in
appendix B, part 1.
. Miscellaneous expenses are certain miscel-
laneous expenses that are not covered by another
allowance and are reimbursed to a member incurring
additional expenses while in a travel status. Specific
expenses authorized for reimbursement are listed in the
JFTR, volume I, chapter 4, part F.
l Common carrier is a firm finishing commercial
transportation as a public service underrates prescribed
by lawful authority. It includes railroad, bus, airplane,
or ship.
. Government transportation request (GTR) is a
document used to procure passenger transportation
and/or specified passenger transportation services or
accommodations from common carriers for members
authorized to travel on official U.S. Government
business. Transportation furnished is generally the most
cost-efficient and quickest way to travel between
authorized points.
. Transportation in kind is transportation provided
on a government-owned conveyance at no cost to the
member.
Table 9-1 lists the mileage allowance in lieu of
transportation (MALT) and selected per diem rates.
Before we go any further, remember that the rates listed
in table 9-1 were current at the time this training manual
was written. We will use these rates as we go through
travel allowance computations. Although some of these
rates will still be the same, you must refer to the
appropriate section of the JFTR, volume 1, and use the
current rates of MALT, per diem, and other travel
allowances.
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