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mental incapacity, or other extraordinary circumstances
that require the dependent to be accompanied. The
most common occurrence is when an escort or
nonmedical attendant is authorized to accompany a
dependent outside CONUS who must travel for medical
treatment that is not available locally.
Reimbursement will depend on the status of the
designated escort or attendant. If the escort is a military
member, regular temporary duty allowances are
payable. When the escort is a civilian employee of the
U.S. Government, reimbursement will be according to
the regular temporary duty allowances for the
department or agency for which that person works. For
persons who are not military or government employees,
reimbursement is based on whether the person is acting
as an escort or an attendant for medical treatment.
Escorts will be reimbursed in the same manner as
Department of the Navy civilian employees on
temporary duty. Attendants will be reimbursed for the
actual expense of transportation, meals, and lodging,
not to exceed the per diem rate for the area concerned.
SHIP CHANGES LOCATION WHILE
MEMBER IS ON AUTHORIZED LEAVE OR
LIBERTY
Sometimes special travel categories occur when a
member is assigned to a ship and the ship changes
locations. When a member departs on leave or liberty
from his or her assigned ship and the ship is relocated
during the period of leave or liberty, a monetary
allowance instead of transportation plus a flat per diem
rate may be payable to the member according to the
following guidelines:
The travel allowances are payable for the excess
distance, if any, between the authorized leave or liberty
point and the new location of the ship over the distance
between the leave or liberty point and the location of
the ship at the time the member departed from there to
begin the leave or liberty.
When the new location of the ship is at a place
that will require transoceanic travel, the member may
be provided transportation in kind for the transoceanic
travel. The cost of the transportation will not exceed
the cost of transportation from the location of the ship
at the time the member departed and the new location
of the ship.
NOTE: These entitlements only apply if the
member was not notified as to the change of the location
of the ship before departure on leave or liberty.
SHIP UNDERGOES OVERHAUL OR
INACTIVATION AT A PLACE OTHER
THAN HOME PORT
When a ship undergoes overhaul or inactivation at
a port other than its home port or when its home port is
changed to the port of overhaul or inactivation,
entitlement to transportation for the member or the
member’s dependents can be authorized providing the
following conditions are met:
The member was permanently assigned to the
ship for more than 30 consecutive days.
The dependents were residing in the area of the
home port or former home port. (The term area means
a place surrounding the home port from which the
member commuted daily and not just on a sporadic or
weekend basis.)
Entitlement accrues on or after the 31st calendar
day and every 60th calendar day thereafter from the date
on which the ship entered the overhaul or inactivation
port or after the date on which the member became
permanently assigned to the ship, whichever is later. A
member who becomes entitled to a subsequent trip
before using a prior entitlement will not lose a
previously earned entitlement. However, all travel
earned must begin before the ship departs from the
overhaul or inactivation port.
Home Port of Ship Not Changed
If the home port of the ship is not changed, the
member or dependents are authorized travel between
the port of overhaul or inactivation and the area of the
home port. When the member elects for the dependents
to travel for any period of entitlement, the member has
no additional entitlement for that period. A separate
election can be made for each separate period of
entitlement.
Home Port of Ship Changed
When the home port of the ship is changed to the
overhaul or inactivation port, the member or dependents
may be authorized travel between the new home port
and the old home port instead of PCS entitlements for
the dependents. To qualify for that travel authorization,
the dependents must be unable to relocate because of a
personal situation. For example, a dependent may be
receiving medical care at a facility located in the area
of the old home port.
Because no similar medical
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