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PCSing/ Moving
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Lets talk about moving, real estate, how to pack, tips, horror stories, the good, the bad, DITY, Semi DITY and commercial moves; and share helpful websites.
Website: http://eek-moving-again.blogspot.com/
Members: 144
Latest Activity: Dec 26, 2017
So much information!
Be sure to look through all the Discussion topics in the Discussion Forum - your question may have been addressed there. Post your questions in the Comments section, or create a new Discussion for a more general question/topic. Welcome to the group!
Discussion Forum
Moving from West Coast to East Coast
Started by van1612 Dec 26, 2017. 0 Replies 0 Likes
We, my husband and I, will be moving from Washington to Virginia due to my husband’s PCS but we have never done this before and it’s a big move. Furthermore, he will be going on a 7 months long…Continue
Moving/Marriage After "A" School
Started by Bronco14. Last reply by Anti M Feb 19, 2016. 1 Reply 2 Likes
Hi ladies,I need some help! I posted this question in the group specific to my sailor's A school but I thought I'd post it here as well since this group is all about moving. My sailor is about half…Continue
repacking boxes & stuff in 2 locations
Started by garden gal. Last reply by Anti M Dec 24, 2015. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hi, my son got orders to Whidbey island for his first assignment out of A school but was put on hold for security clearance processing. He was told this could take several month. Since my son &…Continue
tip for PCS'ing from Camp Lejeune NC
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom Sep 26, 2015. 0 Replies 0 Likes
For anyone doing a DITY move out of Camp Lejeune NC: Jane, the manager at Air Station Storage & U-Haul was incredibly knowledgeable about military procedure and paperwork and very helpful…Continue
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Comment by Wanderlust on March 19, 2011 at 9:51am
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Hi there - We still have months to go until we will be moving to my husband's first assignment. He's in dive school now, so no orders as of yet. But I wanted to be prepared to tell my husband how we need to move his precious motorcycle! Just so you get the idea... we don't have kids yet, but this is his first born child ;)I've tried to find past posts about moving motorcycles with no luck. We plan to just have the Navy move us. Does anyone know if they will ship a motorcycle with the rest of our stuff? Or are we responsible for getting it there? We don't have a truck or trailer to move it, so we would have to pay a company to move it for us. Thanks!
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Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on March 15, 2011 at 1:35am
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Great info Dani!!!
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Comment by Anti M on March 14, 2011 at 4:12pm
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Excellent information! So glad it has been updated to reflect multi-car families.
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Comment by Dani_Girl (ET wife) on March 14, 2011 at 3:40pm
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Hey ladies! We did a DITY move this weekend from Utah to Illinois and it went great. All of our stuff was just sitting packed up in storage, so all we had to do was fill the Uhaul and drive. After three long days of driving, our family is finally together again. Thanks for the wealth of information from this group.
As far as the car question... The moving office told us that they don't pay to ship cars stateside, but they will pay you gas, mileage, hotels, and food for each vehicle per licensed driver in your household. I hope that helps.
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Comment by camenae on March 10, 2011 at 4:23pm
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Thank you, Anti M
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Right now, they only pay for one vehicle.
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Marcy We did that too!!!!
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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on March 6, 2011 at 4:39pm
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I called and left msgs for my reps, thanks for the good idea.
For anyone wanting to read the article: Senators push to increase PCS travel allowances
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I'm reading conflicting information about vehicles. Will the military pay to move 2 cars on PCS moves or just 1? My husband and I have 2-3 rooms of stuff to move plus 2 cars.
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Saw this on Navy Times:
Mileage reimbursement for travel related to a permanent military reassignment, now capped at 24 cents per mile, would increase to 51 cents per mile under new legislation introduced in Congress.
The Service Members Permanent Change of Station Relief Act, S 472, also would reimburse transportation of a second privately-owned vehicle for duty-station moves to or from Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
The two changes would take effect Jan. 1, 2012, under the proposal.
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