|CHAPTER�5�-�PERMANENT�DUTY�TRAVEL
    PART�B:��MEMBER�ALLOWANCES�FOR�TRANSPORTATION�AND�SUBSISTENCE
        U5125�SEPARATION�FROM�THE�SERVICE�OR�RELIEF�FROM�ACTIVE�DUTY�EXCEPT�FOR�DISCHARGE�WITH�SEVERANCE�OR�SEPARATION�PAY,�INVOLUNTARY
            A.��General
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| | 1.Travel in CONUS.� | 
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| | A member on active duty, who: | 
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| | a.is separated from the Service or relieved from active duty in CONUS under conditions other than those in subpar. 5, subpars. B and C, and par. U5130-A1; | 
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| | b.has a break in service of at least 1 calendar day;� and� | 
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| | c.actually travels� | 
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| | is entitled to travel and transportation allowances prescribed in par. U5105 from the last PDS to the HOR or PLEAD, as the member elects.� A member traveling to a different location is entitled to allowances for travel performed up to the amount payable for travel from the last PDS to the HOR or PLEAD,� whichever is greater. | 
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| | 2.Travel OCONUS.� | 
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| | A member on active duty, who: | 
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| | a.is separated from the Service or relieved from OCONUS active duty under conditions other than those in subpar. 5, subpars. B and C, and par. U5130-A1; or� | 
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| | b.is entitled to travel allowances under this paragraph to an OCONUS HOR or PLEAD; and� | 
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| | c.has a break in service of at least 1 calendar day; and� | 
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| | d.actually travels� 
is entitled to travel and transportation allowances under par. U5116. | 
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| | 3.Travel to and from Place of Separation.� | 
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| | A member may travel to the HOR or PLEAD as the member elects from the last PDS via a separation station of the member's choice.� The member is entitled to travel and transportation allowances up to the amount payable had the member been ordered to, traveled to, and separated at, the appropriate separation activity (see par. U1010-B5).� The member is entitled to the per diem or AEA appropriate for the separation station away from the PDS while undergoing separation processing | 
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| | 4.Order Received at a Leave Location.� | 
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| | When a member receives a discharge certificate or separation order at a place to which the member traveled at personal expense on authorized leave, the member is entitled to travel and transportation allowances under subpar. 1 or 2, whichever applies, from the member's last actual or constructive place of duty and not from the place at which the member received the discharge certificate or separation order. For definition of last duty station, see Appendix A. | 
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| | 5.Member Serves Less Than Prescribed Period of Service.� | 
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| | A member: | 
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| | a.separated from the Service or relieved from active duty during the initial enlistment period or agreed period of service, and� | 
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| | b.whose period of active duty service at separation or relief from active duty is less than 90 percent of the active duty period for which the member initially enlisted or otherwise initially agreed to serve, shall be provided only:� | 
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| | (1)transportation in kind (no per diem) by the least expensive transportation mode available,� or� | 
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| | (2)be paid an amount up to the Government's cost of such transportation. | 
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| | This limitation shall not apply to members in the following categories: | 
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| | a.retired for physical disability or placed on the TDRL (without regard to length of service) under Chapter 61, 10 U.S.C. (see par. U5130-A1); | 
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| | b.retired with pay for any 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 of more than 90 days (see par. U5130-A1) (B-160488, February 14, 1967);� | 
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| | c.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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| | d.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 the member is separated or released under honorable conditions;� | 
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| | e.discharged under 10 U.S.C. �1173 for hardship; or� | 
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| | f.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). | 
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| | B.� Separation from the Service or Relief from Active Duty to Continue in the Service.� | 
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| | A member, separated from the Service or relieved from active duty for the express purpose of continuing on active duty in the same or another Service, is not entitled to travel and transportation allowances.� This prohibition doesn't deny PCS entitlements when the member is transferred on PCS orders in conjunction with reentry into or continuance in the Service.� The service performed after separation from the Service or relief from active duty is, so far as travel rights are concerned, merely a continuation of the prior period of service.� (see 45 Comp. Gen. 661 (1966)). | 
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| | C.� Discharge from the Service Under Other Than Honorable Conditions.� | 
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| | See Chapter 7, Part P. | 
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| | D.� Time Limitation.� | 
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| | Except when additional time is authorized/approved, travel must be completed before the 181st day following separation from the Service or relief from active duty.� If completion of travel before the 181st day imposes a hardship on the separated member, an extension of the time limit may be authorized/approved for a specific additional period of time by the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | E.� Member Ordered to a Place to Await Disability Proceedings Results.� | 
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| | A member who is: | 
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| | 1.found unfit by a physical evaluation board to perform the duties of the member's grade,� | 
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| | 2.not entitled to a HOS move under par. U5130, and� | 
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| | 3.ordered to a place to await completion of the disability proceedings for the convenience of the Government,� | 
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| | is entitled to travel and transportation allowances for travel to that place providing the member signs a release agreeing not to contest the results of the initial physical evaluation board.� Upon final disposition of disability proceedings, the member is entitled to travel and transportation allowances from that place. | 
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| | F.� 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 travel and transportation allowances to the college. | 
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| | U5130RETIREMENT, 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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| | 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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