|CHAPTER�5�-�PERMANENT�DUTY�TRAVEL
    PART�B:��MEMBER�ALLOWANCES�FOR�TRANSPORTATION�AND�SUBSISTENCE
        U5130�RETIREMENT,�PLACEMENT�ON�TDRL,�DISCHARGE�WITH�SEVERANCE�OR�SEPARATION�PAY,�INVOLUNTARY�RELEASE�FROM�ACTIVE�DUTY�WITH�READ
            A.��General
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| | 1.Travel to HOS Authorized.� | 
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| | A member on active duty is entitled to travel and transportation allowances to a home selected by the member from the last PDS when the member is: | 
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| | a.retired for physical disability or placed on the TDRL (without regard to length of service);� | 
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| | b.retired with pay for any other reason (including transfer to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve) immediately following at least 8 years of continuous active duty with no single break therein of more than 90 days (B-160488, February 14, 1967);� | 
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| | c.separated with severance or separation pay immediately following at least 8 years of continuous active duty with no single break therein of more than 90 days;� | 
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| | d.involuntarily released from active duty with readjustment or separation pay immediately following at least 8 years of continuous active duty with no single break therein of more than 90 days;� | 
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| | e.involuntarily separated (see definition in Appendix A) from a DoD Service (on/after 1 October 1990 through/ending 30 September 2001) or from the Coast Guard (on/after 1 October 1994 through/ending 30 September 2001); or� | 
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| | f.separated under the VSI or SSB program from a DoD Service (on/after 5 December 1991 through/ending 30 September 2001) or from the Coast Guard (on/after 1 October 1994 through/ending 30 September 2001). | 
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| | A member may select a home: | 
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| | a.any place within the United States;� | 
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| | b.the HOR outside the United States (see par. U5125-A) or the place outside the United States from which the member was initially called or ordered to active duty (53 Comp. Gen. 963 (1974), 54 Comp. Gen. 1042 (1975)); or� | 
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| | c.� any other place.� (NOTE:� Allowances paid in this case shall not exceed those payable had the member selected a home at a CONUS location specified by the member.) | 
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| | NOTE:� A member with 18 or more years of active service as of 1 November 1981 may select a home any place in the world. | 
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| | 2.Travel to HOS Not Authorized.� | 
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| | A member on active duty is entitled to travel and transportation allowances under par. U5125-A when the member: | 
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| | a.is retired without pay;� | 
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| | b.has less than 8 years of continuous active duty immediately preceding retirement for any reason other than physical disability or involuntary separation as described in subpar.1, item e; or� | 
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| | c.has less than 8 years of continuous active duty immediately preceding discharge with severance or separation pay, or is involuntarily released to inactive duty with readjustment or separation pay other than as described in subpar.1, items e and f. | 
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| | 3.Travel to Processing Station of Choice.� | 
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| | A member may travel to the HOS from the last PDS via a processing station of the member's choice.� The member is entitled to travel and transportation allowances up to those payable had the member been ordered to, traveled to and retired/released to inactive duty at, the appropriate processing station (see par. U1010-B5).� The member is entitled to the per diem or AEA appropriate for the processing station away from the PDS while undergoing retirement processing. | 
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| | B.Time Limitations | 
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| | Except as provided in subpars. 2, 3, and 4, travel to a selected home must be completed within 1 year after active duty termination.� Once a home is selected, that selection is irrevocable if transportation in kind or Government-procured transportation is furnished and used, or travel and transportation allowances are received after the travel is completed. | 
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| | 2.Member Undergoing Hospitalization or Medical Treatment | 
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| | a.On the Active Duty Termination Date.� A member confined in, or undergoing treatment at, a hospital on the active service termination date under the conditions outlined in subpar. Al, is entitled to travel and transportation allowances to a HOS from the last PDS.� Travel must be completed within 1 year after the discharge date from the hospital or termination of medical treatment except when a longer time limit is authorized/approved by the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | b.During the 1-Year Period After the Active Duty Termination Date.� A member confined in, or undergoing treatment at, a hospital for any period of time during the 1-year period after the active service termination date under the conditions outlined in subpar. A1, is entitled to travel and transportation allowances to a HOS from the last PDS.� Travel must be completed within 1 year after the active service termination date, plus a period equal to the member's hospitalization or treatment period.� A longer time period may be authorized/approved by the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | 3.Member Undergoing Education or Training.� | 
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| | A member, who on the active service termination date is undergoing education or training to qualify for acceptable civilian employment or who begins such education or training during the period specified in subpar. 1, as extended by subpar. 2 (if applicable), is entitled to travel and transportation allowances to a HOS from the last PDS.� However: | 
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| | a.travel must be completed within 1 year after the education or training is completed, or 2 years from the active service termination date, whichever is earlier; and� | 
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| | b.the extended time must be authorized/ approved by the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | A further extension of this time limit may be authorized/approved by the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | 4.Other Deserving Cases.� | 
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| | An extension of the 1-year time limit prescribed in subpar. 1 may be authorized/approved by the Secretarial Process when an unexpected event beyond the member's control prevents the member from moving to the HOS within the specified time limit.� An extension of the time limit also may be authorized/approved by the Secretarial Process if it's in the best interest of the Service, or substantially to the benefit of the member, and not costly or otherwise adverse to the Service. These extensions are authorized/approved for the specific period of time that the member anticipates is needed to complete the move.� If additional time is required, the member may request a further extension using the Secretarial Process (B-126158, April 21, 1976).� The delayed travel authorized under this subparagraph must be incident to the member's separation from the Service (B-207157, February 2, 1983). | 
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| | C.Recalled to Active Duty Before Selecting a Home.� | 
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| | A member, eligible to select a home but recalled to active duty before traveling to a HOS, retains the entitlement to travel and transportation allowances to a HOS from the last PDS.� Travel must be completed to the selected home within l year after the last release from active duty unless extended under subpar. B. | 
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| | D.Recalled to Active Duty After Selecting a Home. | 
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| | A member, recalled to active duty after traveling to a HOS, is entitled to travel and transportation allowances from the last PDS to the home previously selected or the PLEAD, whichever the member elects, upon termination of active duty under honorable conditions | 
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| | E.� Members on TDRL Who Are Discharged or Retired.� | 
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| | A member, on the TDRL at the time of discharge with severance pay or retirement for any reason (including transfer to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve), is entitled to no additional travel and transportation allowances other than those paid under subpar. A or B in conjunction with placement on the TDRL. | 
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| | F.� Member Ordered to a Place to Await Disability Retirement. | 
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| | A member, found unfit by a physical evaluation board to perform the duties of the member's grade and who, for the convenience of the Government, is ordered to a place to await further orders in connection with disability retirement, is entitled to travel and transportation allowances to that place.� Upon final disposition of retirement proceedings, the member is entitled to travel and transportation allowances to the HOS under the retirement orders or other orders if issued (32 Comp. Gen. 348 (1953)). | 
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| | U5150SEPARATE CONSIDERATION OF EACH PORTION OF THE JOURNEY | 
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| | When determining the allowances payable, travel between any two points falling within the following categories is a separate journey: | 
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| | 2.� TDY station, | 
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| | 3.� passenger port of embarkation, | 
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| | 4.� passenger port of debarkation, | 
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| | 5.� first duty station, | 
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| | 6.� last duty station, | 
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| | 9.�� PLEAD, | 
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| | 10.� a designated place, and | 
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| | 11.� a COT leave location. | 
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| | U5155OFFICIAL DISTANCE DETERMINATION | 
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| | A.� Privately Owned Conveyance (Except Airplane).� | 
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| | See par. U2020 for DTOD requirements. | 
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| | B.� Privately Owned Airplane.� | 
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| | When privately owned airplane use is authorized/approved for transportation, the distance between origin and destination must be determined from airway charts issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, unless adverse weather, mechanical difficulty, or unusual conditions cause necessary detours.� Additional air distance must be explained in the travel claim.� If distance can't be determined by airway distance charts the flight time multiplied by cruising speed of the aircraft may be used to determine distance.� | 
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