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authorized in connection with convalescent leave
travel.
TEMPORARY DISABILITY RETIRED LIST
Occasionally, members are placed on the TDRL,
usually because of illness or injury incurred during
active duty. As the name implies, this is a temporary
status. The member will eventually be returned to
active duty or be placed on the permanent retired list.
Until the final determination is made, the member may
be required to report for periodic medical evaluation or
to attend hearings before a physical evaluation board.
As a senior DK, you should be aware of the associated
authorized travel entitlements.
For a member on TDRL, travel status begins when
travel to the medical facility commences and ends with
the member’s return to home. If the member’s home is
in the same corporate limits as the treatment facility,
then reimbursement is based on local travel
entitlements. In other instances, regular travel and per
diem allowances apply for the member’s travel to and
from the facility.
While the member is at the medical facility,
reimbursement is based on whether the member is in an
inpatient (admitted to the hospital) or an outpatient
status. Reimbursement entitlement starts from 0001 on
the day after the member’s arrival through 2400 on the
day before his or her departure. A member in an
inpatient status is reimbursed only for the amount of the
actual daily charges paid for meals. A member in an
outpatient status will receive regular temporary duty per
diem allowances.
In some cases, an attendant may be required to
travel with the member. The attendant may be another
member, a civilian employee of the U.S. Government,
or any other person deemed suitable to accompany the
member. Military members and civilian employees of
the government will be reimbursed according to regular
temporary duty entitlements. Other attendants will be
reimbursed actual expenses for transportation, meals,
and lodging, not to exceed the established per diem rate
for the area concerned.
MEMBERS PERFORMING OFFICIAL
RECRUITING DUTY
Sometimes the type of duty to which a member is
assigned involves special travel allowances. Members
whose primary assignment is recruiting duty and
members who recruit for the Reserve Officer Training
Corps program are entitled to reimbursement for actual
and necessary expenses incurred in connection with
those duties.
Except in unusual cases, the authorized
reimbursement will not exceed $75 in any month and is
limited to the following expenses:
Snacks, nonalcoholic beverages, and occasional
lunches and dinners when purchased by the member for
prospective recruits, candidates, and their immediate
families, or other individuals who directly assist in the
recruiting effort
Parking fees incurred while the member is at
itinerary stops
Official telephone calls
Purchase of photographic copies of vital
documents for prospective recruits and candidates, such
as birth certificates, school transcripts, diplomas, and
registration certificates
Other small but necessary expenditures related
to recruiting duty for which the member must pay from
personal funds
Claims will be submitted on a Claim for
Reimbursement for Expenditures on Official Business,
SF 1164. They must contain (or have attached) an
itemized list of expenses. A receipt must support any
item in excess of $25 when it is practical to obtain a
receipt. Failure to furnish receipts must be explained
on the voucher. Any item in excess of $25 that is not
supported by a receipt (or a statement as to why a receipt
is not furnished) will be denied in its entirety.
NAVAL ACADEMY MIDSHIPMEN
As a senior DK, you may become involved in
processing special travel allowances claimed by Naval
Academy midshipmen. As a general rule, travel claims
for Naval Academy midshipmen are processed by the
midshipmen’s pay officer. In emergency situations,
however, local DOs are authorized to make travel
advances.
Entitlement for First PDS
Upon graduation and commissioning, most travel
and transportation entitlements that apply to other
personnel en route to their first PDS go into effect for
midshipmen. These allowances are from the member’s
home or the Academy, as designated by the orders, to
the first PDS via any temporary duty stations directed
en route (including the Academy in cases involving
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