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Travel expenses home and duty stations
Son will graduate A-school at Fort Sam soon. He is under the impression that he will get 10-14 days of leave to fly home at his expense before reporting to his next duty station (which is only 3 hours from our house). Which part of the travel expense getting to his next duty station is covered by the Navy? Or do sailors always pay out of pocket themselves for travel? If the Navy will cover direct air travel to his duty station, I could easily drive down and pick him up to bring him home for his leave then take him back by car after the leave period expires. When I ask him how this works, I get a lot of "I don't knows" Thanks in advance for any help.
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Permalink Reply by Bobbi H on
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Lynn77, everything changes regularly, but when our son was there they were able to change flight plans, but it was at their expense. If your son can fly to his duty station and be picked up and returned, that would be cheapest for him. They can re-route their flight, but it could be very expensive. We were lucky, as we live in Texas and took our son his car the day before graduation and then he drove home. We just had to take him back to San Antonio for him to get his flight for his duty station (he was heading over seas). I'm sure he doesn't know anything. Our son did not get his information until a day or two before graduation. If you can pick him up and drop him off, I'd go that route.
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