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| | CHAPTER 5 - PERMANENT DUTY TRAVEL� | 
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| | PART A:� APPLICABILITY AND GENERAL RULES� | 
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| | U5000� SCOPE� | 
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| | A.� General.� | 
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| | This Chapter� prescribes a member's entitlements to personal and dependent travel and transportation allowances, HHG and POV transportation allowances, mobile home transportation allowances, DLA, and TLE allowance incident to a PCS.� It also prescribes entitlements for travel and transportation of dependents, and for HHG, POV, and mobile home transportation under unusual or emergency circumstances, and various other situations not� directly related to a PCS.� For non PCS travel entitlements, see Chapter 7. | 
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| | B.� Travel Covered.� | 
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| | This Chapter discusses the following types of PCS travel: | 
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| | 1.� Transfer.� | 
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| | Travel in connection with a transfer from one station to another for permanent duty. | 
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| | 2.� Change in Homeport or PDS Location of a Unit.� | 
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| | Travel in connection with a vessel�s homeport or mobile unit�s PDS location change. | 
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| | 3.� Call to Active Duty.� | 
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| | Travel from home or from the place from PLEAD to the first PDS upon: | 
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| | a.appointment or re-appointment (including reinstatement) to the regular Service from civilian life or from a Reserve component;� | 
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| | b.reserve members being called (or ordered) to active duty (including duty for training) for 20 weeks or more at one station;� | 
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| | c.being recalled to active duty from the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, or from retirement (including temporary disability retirement); or� | 
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| | d.enlistment or induction into the Service (regular or during emergency). | 
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| | 4.� Separation or Retirement.� | 
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| | Travel from last PDS to home upon: | 
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| | a.discharge, resignation, or separation from the Service under honorable conditions;� | 
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| | b.reserve members� release from active duty (including active duty for training) to which called for 20 weeks or more at one station;� | 
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| | c.transfer to the Fleet Reserve or to the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve;� | 
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| | d.retirement; or� | 
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| | e.temporary disability retirement. | 
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| | 5.� Travel (Other Than TDY) Not Directly Related to PCS Orders.� | 
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| | In addition to PCS entitlements, this Chapter includes entitlements for travel and transportation of dependents, and for HHG, POV and mobile home transportation, under unusual or emergency circumstances, and other situations not involving a PCS.� | 
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| | U5002 APPLICABILITY� | 
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| | The provisions of this Chapter apply to PCS of� all regular and reserve members. | 
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| | B.� Special Categories.� | 
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| | The following special categories of personnel are entitled to PCS allowances as indicated: | 
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| | 1. cadets and midshipmen (see par. U7000),� | 
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| | 2.applicants and rejected applicants of the regular service (see par. U7025),� | 
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| | 3. reserve components (see par. U7150), or� | 
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| | 4.members whose enlistment has been voided (see par. U7375). | 
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| | C.� Persons Not Covered. | 
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| | The following categories of personnel aren�t entitled to PCS� allowances: | 
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| | 1.absentees and stragglers being returned to their PDSs (see par. U7400),� | 
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| | 2.members discharged under other than honorable conditions (see par. U7500), and� | 
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| | 3. prisoners (see par. U7451). | 
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| | U5012 PCS ALLOWANCES� | 
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| | Following is a general description of PCS travel entitlements.� Parts B through H of this Chapter prescribe specific entitlements.� Entitlements depend on the member�s individual travel circumstances.� Table 5-1 provides a general guide. | 
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| | B.� Member and Dependent Travel and Transportation Allowances.� | 
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| | When a member must travel under orders, the Government either furnishes transportation or reimbursement at rates prescribed in this Part.� Generally, members select the mode of transportation (i.e., airplane, train, bus, POC) for travel between the old and new PDSs.� Sometime orders direct a particular mode for the member but not the dependents.� For computation of travel time when a mode isn�t directed, see par. U5160-E.� For reimbursements authorized for PCS travel, see par. U5105; for travel to the first PDS, see par. U5108-D. For travel and transportation of dependents, see Part C. | 
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| | C.HHG Transportation and Storage.� | 
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| | A member directed to make a PCS is entitled to transportation and/or storage of HHG.� A member�s weight allowance depends on the member's grade and dependency status (see par. U5310-B).� The Service concerned may administratively limit the amount shipped.� For example, an E-6 with dependents may ship 11,000 pounds of HHG, if the member is transferred between two CONUS PDSs.� However, if the member is transferred to a "weight restricted" OCONUS PDS, only a portion of the member's PCS HHG weight allowance may be shipped.� The remainder may be placed in NTS or transported to a designated place.� Generally, any portion of the PCS HHG weight allowance the member elects not to ship may be placed in NTS; HHG precluded from shipment due to an administrative weight restriction are placed in NTS until the next PCS.� PCS HHG transportation entitles a member to temporary storage, until the member arranges for a new permanent residence, unless prohibited.� Temporary storage may be authorized at any combination of the point of origin, in transit, or at destination.� See Part D. | 
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| | D.� Unaccompanied Baggage Transportation.� | 
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| | See Appendix A definition of baggage, unaccompanied.� The Service concerned may limit unaccompanied baggage weight.� See Part D. | 
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| | E.� POV Transportation.� | 
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| | A member ordered to make a PCS to, from, or between OCONUS PDSs, or upon official change in vessel�s homeport or mobile unit�s PDS location, may be authorized to have one POV, owned or on a long-term lease by the member or dependent(s), shipped to the vehicle processing center serving the member's new PDS or other authorized place.�� The POV must be for the member's or dependents� personal use.� There are some limitations, restrictions or prohibitions.� See Part E. | 
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| | F.� Mobile Home Allowances. | 
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| | A member ordered on a PCS, or the dependent of a deceased member entitled to HHG transportation, is entitled to any combination of the allowances in Part F for mobile home transportation, including temporary storage, from the old PDS to the new PDS or between other authorized points.� Except as provided in par. U5505-B, these allowances are in lieu of� baggage and HHG transportation and are only authorized for transportation of a mobile home within CONUS, within Alaska, or between CONUS and Alaska.� See Part F. | 
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| | G.� DLA.� | 
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| | DLApartially reimburses a member for the relocation expenses of� a PCS, evacuation, or movement as a result of BRAC closure.� See Part G. | 
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| | H.� TLE Allowance.� | 
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| | TLEpartially offsets the added living expenses within CONUS incurred by members and their dependents incident to a PCS.� See Part H. | 
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| | U5018 MEAL TICKETS� | 
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| | A.� Issuance.� | 
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| | Meal tickets may be issued only: | 
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