|CHAPTER�7�-�TRAVEL�AND�TRANSPORTATION�ALLOWANCES�UNDER�SPECIAL�CIRCUMSTANCES�AND�CATEGORIES
    PART�H:��LEAVE�TRAVEL�AND�TRANSPORTATION
        U7205��TRANSPORTATION�IN�PERSONAL�EMERGENCIES
            A.�Entitlement.
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| | A.Entitlement.� | 
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| | Eligible members on emergency leave and eligible dependents with personal emergencies (as determined under DODD 1327.5 (Leave and Liberty) for DOD Services and/or Service regulations (see par. U1010-B9)) are entitled to transportation between authorized locations.� They are entitled to commercial transportation if space-required Government transportation isn't reasonably available. | 
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| | 1.Reimbursement for transportation costs shall not exceed the cost of Government-procured commercial air transportation between authorized locations. | 
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| | 2.For eligible dependents, personal emergencies are circumstances similar to those for which a member receives emergency leave, and includes travel not authorized under subpar. U5242-A incident to the burial of a deceased member. | 
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| | 3.Travel acrossCONUSis at Government expense if a member or dependent must transit theCONUSto reach theOCONUSemergency (leave) point.�� | 
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| | B.Eligibility | 
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| | 1.Eligible Members.� Eligible members are those: | 
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| | a.on permanent dutyOCONUS, | 
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| | b.assigned to anOCONUSship or unit operation, or | 
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| | c.withOCONUSdomiciles who are on permanent duty inCONUS. | 
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| | 2.Eligible Dependents.� Eligible dependents are those who: | 
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| | a.are command sponsored and resideOCONUSwith the member, | 
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| | b.reside at anOCONUSlocation and for whom the member receives a station allowance, or | 
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| | c.reside inCONUSand the member: | 
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| | (1)is on permanent dutyOCONUS, or | 
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| | (2)has anOCONUSdomicile and is on permanent duty inCONUS. | 
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| | 3.Domicile.� As used in this paragraph, domicile is a member�sHORor place: | 
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| | a.from which first called (or ordered) to active duty, | 
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| | b.of first enlistment, or�� | 
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| | c.of permanent legal residence. | 
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| | A member�s domicile is relevant to personal emergency transportation entitlement only if the member is stationed inCONUS.� A dependent�s domicile isn�t relevant. | 
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| | C.Authorized Locations.� | 
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| | Eligible members and eligible dependents are authorized transportation from an originating location to a destination point. They are authorized return transportation from the destination point to the originating location orPDS, if transportation is provided to the destination point under this paragraph. | 
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| | 1.Members and DependentsOCONUS.� For members described in subpars. B1a and b and dependents described in subpar. B2a and b:�� | 
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| | a.Authorized originating locations are: | 
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| | (1)a member�sPDS; | 
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| | (2)dependents� otherOCONUSlocation; or | 
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| | (3)member�s or dependents� location when notified of the personal emergency; | 
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| | b.Authorized destination points are: | 
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| | (1)theCONUSinternational airport nearest to the location from which the member/dependents departed to which a scheduled direct flight is available; along a normally traveled international route. (NOTE:� This does NOT create a cost limit to be used for transportation.� It's meant to allow transportation to a coastal port of entry.� It doesn't, for example, permit the cost of travel from a European origin to Bangor, Maine � which might be the "closest" geographic airport with an international capability � to be used as a cost basis for transportation from the European origin to a CONUS inland destination.)�OCONUSconnections along the route of travel are permissible.� Example:� member'sPDSis Stuttgart.� Emergency leave is approved with leave location in Cleveland, Ohio.� Next available flight departs Stuttgart International Airport with routing through London International Airport through JFK International Airport (NY) to Chicago International Airport.� Member's transportation entitlement for this flight is from Stuttgart to JFK. | 
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| | (2)an airport in a nonforeignOCONUSarea (seeAppendix A); or | 
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| | (3)any otherOCONUSlocation, as determined by the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | NOTE:There is no entitlement to one-way emergency leave transportation fromCONUSback to anOCONUSPDS. | 
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| | 2.Members and Dependents inCONUS.� For members described in subpar. B1c and dependents described in subpar. B2c: | 
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| | a.Authorized originating locations are the international airports nearest the: | 
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| | (1)member�sPDS, or | 
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| | (2)member�s or dependents� location when notified of the personal emergency. | 
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| | b.Authorized destination points are: | 
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| | (1)an international airport in a nonforeignOCONUSarea; or� | 
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| | (2)any otherOCONUSlocation, as determined by the Secretarial Process.. | 
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| | D.Members onTDYor Away From Homeport. | 
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| | Members onTDYaway from thePDS, or assigned to a ship or unit operating away from its homeport, are entitled to personal emergency transportation from theTDYor unit location or ship to thePDS, homeport, or other location and return (if applicable).� Space-required Government transportation must be used if reasonably available, otherwise transportation entitlements are the same as if traveling onTDY.� Transportation cost reimbursement for travel to another location shall not exceed transportation costs to thePDSor homeport. | 
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| | U7206� PERSONAL EMERGENCIES FOR MEMBERS ONTDYOR AWAY FROM HOMEPORT | 
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| | Members onTDYaway from thePDS, or assigned to a ship or unit operating away from its homeport, are entitled to personal emergency transportation from theTDYor unit location or ship to thePDS, homeport, or other location and return (if applicable). Space-required Government transportation must be used if reasonably available, otherwise transportation entitlements are the same as if traveling onTDY. Transportation cost reimbursement for travel to another location shall not exceed transportation costs to thePDSor homeport. | 
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| | U7207� FUNDED ENVIRONMENTAL AND MORALE LEAVE (FEML) TRANSPORTATION | 
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| | A.� Policy.� | 
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| | FEMLpolicy is established in DoD Directive 1327.5 (Leave and Liberty), subpar.� F-19. | 
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| | B.� Eligibility. | 
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| | 1.� Members.� | 
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| | A� member is eligible forFEMLif stationed at an authorizedFEMLPDS(seeAppendix S) for 24 consecutive months or more.� | 
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| | 2.� Dependents.� | 
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| | Dependent(s) are eligible forFEMLif they: | 
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| | a.� are command sponsored, and��� | 
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| | b.� reside with the member at theFEMLPDS. | 
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| | C.� Limitation.�� | 
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| | 1.� Number ofFEMLTrips.� | 
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| | a.� The number ofFEMLtrips eligible members/dependents may take depends on the member's tour length, as shown in the table below: | 
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a.� at least 24 months, but less than 36 months1������� 
���� (1)� tour extended at least 12 months� 1 additional��� 
b.� at least 36 months.2�������� 
���� (1)� tour extended for any length of time0 additional����� | 
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| | b.� No more than 2FEMLtrips are authorized for any overseas tour including extensions to that tour. | 
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| | c.� Personnel takingIPCOTassignmentsare entitled to additionalFEMLtrips based on the above table.� | 
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