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Comment by Anti M on May 11, 2011 at 10:04pm

The ten days of house hunting leave is optional, and not every command grants it.  You simply won't know until he checks in, or maybe a little before when he gets orders, asks for a sponsor and starts talking to his new COC. He can get on the base housing list as soon as he gets accompanied orders in hand. However, that will stop the BAH for where you are living when housing is assigned.  He can arrange to have the packout while he is on leave, and they will store it for a few months, but he might have to set up a household and just have you move there when you can. 

Do you have a place to live if you have to send the majority of your things ahead and give up your BAH? Do you need to drive to the new duty station?  

You do have a tough situation for planning.  He may be upset, but there's a decent chance you will have to do some of this alone.  Outline how you will handle various situations, from best case to worst.  

Comment by camenae on May 11, 2011 at 9:46pm

Thank you!

Comment by Wanderlust on May 11, 2011 at 8:38am

Hi ladies – I have a question that I hope someone can answer. My husband will graduate dive school mid July and then we’ll go to his first duty station. No orders yet. I must stay and finish a class until mid August. It sucks but I can’t see any way around it. He plans to take a few weeks of leave time after graduation. Can my husband live on base and start working at his new duty station for a few weeks and then take the 10 days (or however much time we get) to move and drive our car together? He’s upset that we won’t get to do all this together and I’m hoping that’s not the case. I’m sure it depends on the base and he’ll have to ask them specifically but I just wanted to know if others have had the same situation. Thanks :)

Comment by Anti M on May 11, 2011 at 4:33am

His base PPO. They will let you know if you need to work through your local base, but usually you use the one where he is.

Comment by camenae on May 11, 2011 at 2:17am

On their website, they say they weight empty and full for you. I was told that the Navy reimburses 95% for DITY move (60% upfront and the rest when you get to your destination). Since my husband's still in school, do I call the PPO on his base or the PPO on the local base. He's in Florida and we live in Louisiana.

Thank you for the link! I'll check it out right now. :)

Comment by Anti M on May 10, 2011 at 5:05pm

Then again, with a DITY, you weigh the truck full and empty.  How that would work with a POD, I have no idea.

Comment by Anti M on May 10, 2011 at 5:02pm

I think so.  I seem to recall someone posting about it sometime last year.  It is a DITY move, so I am not sure how the reimbursement works.   I think you get paid the same per pound and negotiate payment with the POD people. There are a lot of discussions on many boards if you google "POD Navy move". 

http://www.pods.com/Government-Services.aspx

 

Can you call the PPO (personal property office) on his base and ask?  I know they can be difficult to deal with unless you have hard copy orders in hand.  

I have always had pretty good experiences with a Navy packout.  Scheduling is tighter, and you still have to hand carry certain things, but it really is simple to let other hands (and strong backs) wrangle things.  I only ever had a few books go missing (unusual packout circumstances on Diego Garcia), and one packer broke my spice jars in front of me (San Diego and she was profoundly apologetic)!  I was fully reimbursed and replaced them.  I am talking a lifetime of military moves, literally.  If you can schedule one, I'd say let them do the hard work.

Comment by camenae on May 10, 2011 at 4:44pm

Anti M, I have another question for you. One option I have considered for moving ourselves is using a POD. My husband told me today that someone told him today that the military doesn't reimburse for POD use. Do you know if they reimburse for this type of moving?

Comment by Anti M on May 10, 2011 at 10:29am

I found the form they must fill out to determine if they can be sent overseas or not. Includes information about whether family members are suitable. I hope it answers your question.

 

http://www.navsea.navy.mil/shipyards/norfolk/ccc/Forms/OVERSEAS%20S...

Comment by Anti M on May 10, 2011 at 10:27am

I think debt is the other one, more than a certain amount, and I do know if a family is undergoing any kind of Family Services investigation, they aren't going overseas.  Pretty sure it is true, but perhaps only for certain countries.  I'd have to find the regulation to answer 100%.  It shouldn't apply to many sailors, with the Navy overmanned, such waivers aren't being approved often. 

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