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Is there always an option for a "DITY" move?
Hello everyone,
I have searched N4M and multiple Navy forums/groups for answers, but I just can't seem to find any. My husband and I were married after he received his first set of orders. He has now been at his duty station for 2 months and up until now we were expecting to pay out of pocket for my moving expenses. However, with a lot of help from his higher ups, we are already expecting our Basic Allowance for Housing this payday and soon Dislocation Allowance. He was also told that the Navy will, in fact, pay for my move and move all of our stuff.
Today was the first day he was able to really sit down and talk to PSD (or whatever office he went to for all this information), so we will eventually get more answers, but I wanted to know right away if there is always an option for "DITY" move because my husband is insisting that if we don't allow the Navy personnel into my home to pack our stuff, we will have to pay out of pocket for it with no reimbursement. Having strangers, personnel or not, into my house would be very uncomfortable and inconvenient for the rest of my family whom I live with.
I am in Guam, so our things will need to be shipped overseas. I would have no problem packing up things and shipping them through USPS. It's the only way I've ever shipped anything, though I know it is a little pricey. Would a Navy move be a better way out? I am also worried about our things not moving right away and being delayed for months, as I've heard has happened in multiple cases.
Any information regarding my move would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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The DIY moves always involve driving, weighing the empty vehicle, the full vehicle to get the weight of the goods. You aren't driving from Guam. If the Navy doesn't have a reg for it, they aren't going to find a way to pay you to mail all your stuff.
I was stationed overseas for three different tours, and there were no moves with household goods except for the packers. If the Navy arranges it, then the Navy pays for it. It is scheduled through the personal property office. If you schedule anything else, it is on your dime.
Packers aren't so bad. They aren't Navy personnel either, they're civilian sub-contractors. Just make sure your things are in one room, with nothing else, and tell them to pack that room only. Make sure your luggage, purse and papers are somewhere else. Took roughly three weeks for my things to get from Japan to the US, and I had a LOT of things. I was on leave in between anyway, so my shipment still got there before me. Same thing when I went from Diego Garcia to Japan, under a month.
Your family is going to either put up with movers, or put all your things into a storage unit for the movers to come and get it all there. Mailing it is just not a reasonable solution, and would not be reimbursable.
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Permalink Reply by ScarletteFromGuam on
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Thank you for your reply! I never considered that the packers would actually be civilian contractors, which I have actually dealt with before. I was particularly worried about not having any POA also, but since the Navy will be paying for my ticket, it looks like my husband will be coming home for the holidays and he will be able to access more information from Navy personnel... and my dog and I will be shooting to head back with him on the same flight!
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