Military Servicemembers who travel on orders for official duty, duty travel or on some type of permanent duty change of station can apply for and receive a reimbursement for travel. This is sometimes an advantage for both convenience, and cost. Members can travel by their “Personally owned conveyance” or POC instead of a government airline or travel ticket. There are specific rules and regulations for this type of travel. The rules and rates for TDY temporary duty and for permanent change of station types of travel are not the same.
PCS- Permanent Change Station- The type of rates for PCS travels by your own car or transportation is lower than those for TDY travel. Most TDY travel is done at short notice, and the government realizes this and compensates both for the time and trouble as well as for the costs of transportation. The TDY rates are all designed specifically for official duty travel. The rates of reimbursement for MALT travel, or monetary allowance for transportation, are not actually based on repayment.
The MALT reimbursement is based instead on what a commercial type fare for the trip would be. This may seem unfair, until you remember that for most people, they would travel by commercial means. So the military is willing to give that amount in lieu of a ticket. The MALT amounts and rates change as costs of normal commercial military travel changes. They do not directly reflect short-term changes but are adjusted periodically by the Military to reflect the overall commercial cost of transportation. The rate for travel in a car or automobile in which the government provides reimbursement is based on the number of passengers and the mileage traveled. MALT reimbursement is:
-One passenger in a vehicle: fifteen cents a mile.
-Two passengers: Seventeen cents a mile.
-Three Passengers: Nineteen cents a mile.
-Four or more passengers: Twenty cents a mile
Again the rate for MALT reimbursement is for the car, and number of people. If two cars are necessary for a Servicemember and a spouse, and are truly called for, then the reimbursement rate with is a combined thirty cents a mile (fifteen cents for each car). It’s a bit complicated but it makes sense to the government.
Military Servicemembers and their dependents also receive a payment for each day they travel. Called per diem, it is calculated at one day of travel time per each three hundred fifty miles of distance traveled. Any remaining time after dividing by three hundred fifty, if more than fifty-one miles, is allowed one additional day of per diem. This per diem is paid to Servicemembers and their dependents traveling for a permanent duty station change.
We transported our son from basic training at Fort Jackson to AIT at Fort Lenard Wood. Would we be able at apply for reimbursment for this and if so how would we go about it?
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According to the article above the soldier may be entitled to travel reimbursement but there seems to be no time frame for the Army to get this done. Over one month ago, I was ordered to drive from my home in Belleview, Florida to Fort Stewart for a 4-day stay. My platoon sgt assured my that my government credit card would be activated in time for my travel. As it turned out, the date of the 4-day event got changed and my plt sgt forgot to tell me. So my government credit card never was activated when I made the trip; all of my travel expenses came out of my own pocket, which was about $500; the sgt who handles travel reimbursement assured me this would be dealt with quickly and I would get reimbursed very soon; since then I have not seen a dime, calls and emails I send to him are never replied to; I have a new plt sgt now, I have told him, as well as my nurse case manager; they tell me they will follow up then I hear nothing back. I am ready to make a formal complaint, but I guess I need to follow COC and notify the CO first.
My girl friend and I where going to Seattle for vacation. We bought the plane tickets and now the Navy has her going to seattle for her duty station (shes in reserves) or something like that for a week and a half around the same time we are going. the good news is we can both still have our vacation but now there are added difficulties. is there any procedure for requesting a refund for her unneeded ticket in this case.