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    PART�C:��DEPENDENT�ALLOWANCES�FOR�TRANSPORTATION
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| | 5.� Transportation Allowances.� | 
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| | A member whose dependents travel under subpars. 1 and 4 is entitled to select one of the following for the authorized round trip travel: | 
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| | a.transportation-in-kind or Government transportation procurement documents; | 
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| | b.reimbursement for the cost of personally procured commercial transportation, | 
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| | c.a transportation allowance for the official distance at the automobile mileage rate (seeAppendix A). | 
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| | Government transportation must be used to the maximum extent practicable.� Reimbursement under item b is subject to par.U5203-A, first itemization, item 2, for land travel and par.U5205-Bfor transoceanic travel.� When land travel is by mixed modes, reimbursement is as prescribed in par.U5105-E.� The reimbursement under item b or the allowance under item c shall not exceed the cost of Government-procured commercial round trip air travel for the member between the homeport or former homeport and the port of overhaul or inactivation.� Per diem or reimbursement for meals and lodging isn't authorized in connection with the travel under this paragraph.� See par.U1010-B6. | 
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| | U5225� SEPARATION FROM THE SERVICE OR RELIEF FROM ACTIVE DUTY EXCEPT FOR DISCHARGE WITH SEVERANCE OR SEPARATION PAY, INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION, AND SEPARATION UNDER THE VSI OR SSB PROGRAM | 
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| | A.� General.� | 
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| | A member on active duty, who is separated from the Service or relieved from active duty under conditions other than those outlined in subpars. B through E and par.U5230-A1, is entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances up to the entitlement for travel from thePDSor place to which dependents were last transported at Government expense to the place to which the member elects to receive travel allowances under par.U5125. | 
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| | B.� Duty Station Erroneously Designated asHOR.� | 
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| | An officer who upon: | 
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| | 1.being commissioned from an enlisted grade; | 
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| | 2.being commissioned in the regular establishment while on active duty as a member of the Reserves; or | 
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| | 3.accepting a new commission in the Reserves without a break in service; | 
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| | and whoseHORwas erroneously designated as the place where the member was then serving rather than the actualHOR, is entitled upon relief from active duty to dependents� travel and transportation allowances to the correctHORif the: | 
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| | 1.member certifies that the duty station or a nearby place was erroneously designated as theHOR, and that the member�s home was, in fact, at the certified place; and | 
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| | 2.certified place agrees with the member's residence of record in the Service concerned upon the member's enlistment or entry on active duty for the period of service during which the member obtained the commission. | 
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| | C.� Separation from the Service or Relief from Active Duty to Continue in the Service.� | 
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| | A member who is separated from the Service or relieved from active duty to continue on active duty in the same or another status or in the same or another of the Uniformed Services, isn't entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances unless the member is transferred on aPCSin conjunction with re-entry into or continuance in the Service. | 
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| | D.� Separation from the Service or Relief from Active Duty Upon Expiration of Enlistment or Prescribed Term of Service.� | 
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| | A member who is separated from the Service or relieved from active duty by reason of expiration of enlistment or prescribed term of service and who, on the following day, reenters the Service at the station at which separated or relieved with no change ofPDS, isn't entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances. | 
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| | E.� Relief from Active Duty for Members of the Reserve Components Called (or Ordered) to Active Duty for Less Than 20 Weeks.� | 
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| | A member of the reserve components who is ordered to: | 
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| | 1.active duty (including active duty for training) for less than 20 weeks; or | 
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| | 2.active duty training for 20 or more weeks, when the active duty is performed at more than one location, but is less than 20 weeks at any one location; | 
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| | isn't entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances in connection with relief from that active duty. | 
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| | F.� Member Serves Less Than Initial Prescribed Period of Service.� | 
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| | A member separated from the Service or relieved from active duty during the initial enlistment period or agreed period of service, who hasn't served on active duty on the date of separation or on the date of relief from active duty for a period of time equal to at least 90 percent of the period of time (active duty) for which the member initially enlisted or otherwise initially agreed to serve, may be provided dependents� transportation (but no per diem) (if otherwise authorized dependents� transportation) under this subparagraph only by transportation-in-kind by the least expensive mode of common carrier transportation available.� In lieu of transportation, the member may be paid an amount equal to the Government�s cost of the least expensive common carrier transportation that would have been furnished.� When dependents travel byPOCor by mixed modes, allowances paid under this subparagraph shall not exceed the allowances prescribed in par.U5105-B1or the least costly common carrier transportation that would have been furnished, whichever is the lesser.� The restriction on travel entitlements in this subparagraph doesn't apply to a member who is: | 
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| | 1.retired for physical disability or placed on theTDRL(without regard to length of service) under Chapter 61, 10 U.S.C. (see par.U5230-A1, item a); | 
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| | 2.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 (see par.U5230-A1, item b); | 
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| | 3.separated from the Service or released from active duty for a medical condition affecting the member, as determined by the Secretary concerned; | 
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| | 4.separated from the Service or released from active duty because the period of time for which the member initially enlisted or otherwise initially agreed to serve has been reduced by the Secretary concerned and is separated or released under honorable conditions; | 
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| | 5.discharged under 10 U.S.C.�1173 for hardship; | 
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| | 6.discharged incident to a court-martial sentence or administratively discharged under other than honorable conditions; or | 
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| | 7.involuntarily separated (see definition in Appendix A) from active duty in a DOD Service during the period beginning on 1 October 1990 and ending 30 September 1999 or from the Coast Guard during the period beginning on 1 October 1994 and ending 30 September 1999. | 
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| | G.� Time Limit.� | 
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| | Except when additional time is authorized/approved, travel must begin before the 181st day following separation from the Service or relief from active duty for entitlement to exist under this subparagraph.� When travel before the 181st day would impose a hardship on the separated member, an extension of the time limit may be authorized/approved for a specific additional period of time through the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | H.� Member Ordered to a Place to Await Results of Disability Proceedings.� | 
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| | A member, who is found by a physical evaluation board unfit to perform the duties of the member's grade, and who isn't entitled to select a home under par.U5130, but who, for the convenience of the Government, is ordered to a place to await the results of the disability proceedings, is entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances to that place providing the member signs a release that the results of the initial physical evaluation board shall not be contested.� Dependents� travel under this subparagraph shall not preclude entitlement to dependents� travel when disability separation orders, or other orders, ultimately are issued.� Such entitlement is subject to adjustment upon final disposition of physical disability proceedings so as not to exceed entitlement for the distance from the member'sPDSat the time the member received orders to proceed in an awaiting orders status to the point to which the member is entitled incident to release from active duty, etc., less any amount previously paid for dependents� travel to the waiting point. | 
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| | I.� Member Ordered to a College.� | 
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| | An enlisted member, who is selected for separation to pursue an undergraduate degree through the ROTC scholarship program is entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances to the college, theHOR, orPLEAD, as the member elects. | 
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| | U5230� RETIREMENT, PLACEMENT ON TDRL, DISCHARGE WITH SEVERANCE OR SEPARATION PAY, INVOLUNTARY RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY WITH READJUSTMENT OR SEPARATION PAY, INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION, OR SEPARATION UNDER THE VSI OR SSB PROGRAM | 
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| | A.� General | 
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| | 1.Travel toHOSAuthorized.� | 
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| | A member on active duty is entitled to the dependents� travel and transportation allowances from the lastPDSor the place to which they last traveled at Government expense, to the member�sHOS(under par.U5130) when the member is: | 
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| | a.retired for physical disability or placed on theTDRL(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 1999) or from the Coast Guard (on/after 1 October 1994 through/ending 30 September 1999); or | 
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| | f.separated under theVSIorSSBprogram from a DOD Service (on/after 5 December 1991 through/ending 30 September 1999)or from the Coast Guard (on/after 1 October 1994 through/ending 30 September 1999). | 
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| | A member authorized travel to aHOSunder par.U5130-A, who qualifies under par.U5130-Bor C by traveling to the HOS within the time limits specified, and whose dependents travel to a home other than the member'sHOS, is entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances for travel actually performed up to the entitlement for travel from PDS, or place to which dependents were last transported at Government expense, to the member'sHOS.� Except as provided in subpar. B, the travel to aHOSmust begin within 1 year after the member's termination of active duty.� In the case of a member who hasn't moved dependents at Government expense during the current tour of duty, travel and transportation allowances for dependents� travel from theHORis authorized.� A member who is authorizedHOStravel under par.U5130-A, may elect dependents� travel under this subparagraph to the member'sHORorPLEADoutside the United States under par.U5225-A(53 Comp. Gen. 963 (1974); 54 i.d. 1042 (1975)). | 
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| | 2.Travel toHOSNot Authorized.� | 
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| | A member on active duty is entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances under par.U5225-Awhen the member: | 
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| | a.is retired without pay; or | 
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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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| | B.� Time Limits | 
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| | 1.Member Undergoing Hospitalization or Medical Treatment | 
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| | a.On Date of Termination of Active Duty.� | 
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