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OVERSEAS TRANSFER
INFORMATION
The Overseas Transfer Information Service
(OTIS) is a telephone hotline that provides Navy
members and their families with a central source of
information on nearly all overseas duty stations.
OTIS gives advice and information on such topics as
climate, location, passports, housing, educational
services, shipment of automobiles, quarantine
requirements for pets, dental facilities, and spouse
employment. The hotline number is defense switched
network (DSN) 227-6621/6634, commercial (703)
697-6621/6634/6704, or toll free 1-800-327-8197.
OTIS will accept collect calls within CONUS.
During nonworking hours, leave a message on the
answering machine; you will receive a return call the
next working day. You can also write to OTIS at the
following address:
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Department of the Navy (Pers-662D)
Washington, DC 20370-5000
TRAVEL ADVANCES
You are eligible to receive a travel advance up to
10 days before detaching from your permanent duty
station. Travel advances are computed based on the
authorized/anticipated mode of transportation and the
official distance between duty stations. If you receive
a travel advance and do not follow through with your
planned mode of travel, you might have to repay
amounts that were overadvanced because of your
change in travel modes.
Below is a summary of the documents you need to
apply for advance travel and dislocation allowance:
TYPE OF ADVANCE
DOCUMENT
REQUIRED
1.
Your travel
a. Your original PCS
orders
2.
Your dependents
travel
a. Your original PCS
orders
b. NAVPERS 1070/602
(Record of
Emergency Data)
3.
Dislocation allowance
(DLA)
a. Your original PCS
orders
b. DD-1299
(Application for
Shipment and/or
Storage of Personal
Property)
Many newly commissioned officers report to their
first permanent duty station early. As a result they
have to pay back advance travel money because they
did not use all of the authorized travel time. For
instance, suppose you were allowed 13 days leave
and 5 days travel. You drew advance travel money
before detachment. After detachment you reported to
your new duty station 2 days later. You would have to
pay back 3 days travel money.
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