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Appropriate overseas commander. The appropriate
overseas commander is the commanding
officer of the service member’s overseas PDS
except where the area or appropriate military
commander has issued supplementary
instructions restricting such authority.
Command-sponsored dependent. A command-
sponsored dependent is a dependent meeting
the following criteria:
. The service member sponsor is authorized to
serve the accompanied tour in an area that has
an accompanied tour prescribed.
. The servicemember sponsor is granted
authorization for dependents to be present in
the vicinity of the overseas PDS.
l The dependent resides with the servicemember
at the overseas PDS.
If a servicemember’s spouse is command-sponsored, children
born of that marriage during the current overseas tour
of duty also are command-sponsored at birth.
Dependent entry approval. A dependent entry approval
is a procedure for authorizing dependents to
enter overseas PDSs. In those areas designated
as requiring dependent entry approval, such
approval allows dependents to travel to the
overseas PDS at government expense and
constitutes command sponsorship. Refer to
chapter 2, Appendix E, of the Navy Passenger
Transportation
Manual
(PTM),
NAVMILPERSCOMINST 4650.2, for the
format for entry approval requests.
Formerly command-sponsored dependent. A formerly
command-sponsored dependent is a
dependent who was command-sponsored. This
person continues to reside in the vicinity of the
overseas PDS at which command sponsorship
was conferred while the servicemember who is
t h e s p o n s o r s e r v e s a c o n s e c u t i ve
unaccompanied overseas tour in another
country or is assigned to unusually arduous sea
duty in the contiguous 48 United States and the
District of Columbia.
Noncommand-sponsored dependent. A noncommand-
sponsored dependent is a dependent, residing in
an overseas area, who was or is not
command-sponsored.
For additional information concerning command
sponsorship of dependents at overseas duty stations,
you should refer to article 6810105 of the
MILPERSMAN, NAVPERS 15560, JFTR, and the
PTM.
PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION
OF MEMBERS TRAVELING TO AN
OVERSEAS LOCATION
ACCOMPANIED BY DEPENDENTS
The information in this section deals with processing
orders for personnel transferring overseas. In this section
you will read about the determination of entitlement to
dependent transportation, dependent entry approval, the
application for transportation of dependents, and
confirmation of dependents’ travel arrangements.
DETERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO
DEPENDENT TRANSPORTATION
Before a dependent can be transported to an
overseas location at government expense, the member
must be entitled to transportation of dependents to the
overseas area according to the JFTR. Enlisted
personnel who do not have sufficient obligated service
to complete an accompanied overseas tour must sign an
agreement to remain on active duty for the prescribed
accompanied overseas tour.
Dependent travel to a duty station outside CONUS
is not authorized if the member’s expiration of active
obligated service (EAOS) date is less than the
prescribed overseas tour with dependents. Before
dependent transportation can be authorized, the member
must obtain the obligated service through actual
reenlistment and/or signed extension of enlistment. A
service record page 13 entry is not acceptable evidence
of reenlistment or reenlistment intentions for
transportation purposes.
If additional obligated service is required, it must be
obtained before requesting overseas transportation for
dependents from a Navy Passenger Transportation
Office (NAVPTO). Refer to figure 11-4, which shows
personnel working at a NAVPTO office at a
PERSUPPDET.
Refer to figure 11-5, which shows personnel
working at the Scheduled Airline Ticket Office (SATO),
which, in this case, is located at the same PERSUPPDET
as the NAVPTO. The SATO is constantly being used by
the NAVPTO in obtaining commercial airline
reservations for members being transferred. The SATO
is also used to obtain train, hotel, and car reservations
for military personnel whether under official orders or
on leave.
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