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Military PCS Allowances

PCS Travel Allowances

You can travel from your old duty station to the new one via common carrier (air, rail, etc.) or privately owned vehicle (POV). The rules and reimbursements are different for each, so we will discuss them separately:

Common carrier (air, rail, etc.): You must normally use a government-provided ticket when you travel by common carrier. You are authorized transportation from the airport/train station to and from your old and new permanent stations. If this is not provided, you will be reimbursed -- as always, save your receipts. You and your dependents receive per diem for the actual travel time and authorized delays.

Privately owned vehicle: You will be paid mileage between your old and new duty station. The reimbursement rate changes every year. The official distance is determined by the Defense Table of Official Distances. If you travel with your dependents and use more than one vehicle, you may be authorized mileage reimbursement for each vehicle. You will also be reimbursed for any tolls incurred during the trip -- save your receipts, just in case. You will be authorized one day of per diem for each 350 miles of official distance. For more information about mileage reimbursement, see our PCS: How to Calculate Mileage Rates page.

Per diem: You and your dependents are authorized per diem for the allowed travel time. If you are traveling with your dependents, they are also authorized per diem but at a reduced rate: Dependents 12 and older receive 75% of the authorized per diem; dependents under the age of 12 receive 50% of the authorized per diem. Additional per diem also covers your hotel expense along the way -- receipts are needed for reimbursement.

Special Cases:

Dependents authorized to travel separately: Sometimes dependents are authorized to travel separately. For example, if you receive orders to a deployed ship or unit, your family may be authorized to delay their travel until you return from deployment. In these cases, the dependents will receive full travel allowances including per diem at the 100% rate for your spouse and applicable rates for children.

Retirement: A member who retires is authorized travel for themselves and their dependents to anywhere in the U.S., their home of record outside the U.S., or anywhere in the world if the cost does not exceed transportation to a continental U.S. location.

Separation from active duty: A member who separates from active duty is authorized travel for themselves and their dependents to their home of record or any other location, not to exceed the cost of travel from their old permanent station to their home of record.

Overseas dependents: In some cases, overseas dependents may be authorized to travel back to the U.S. alone and receive full travel allowances. This may happen in the case of divorce, custody proceedings, legal situations, or dangerous conditions.

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Tourists in Tenerife rescued from broken boat after spending four days at sea

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A sinking vessel carrying tourists has been rescued by the Spanish coast guard after four days stuck at sea off the coast of Tenerife .

According to the authorities, the boat got into difficulty 52.5 miles north of the largest Canary Island with four men onboard suffering dehydration as a result of the ordeal.

One British, one French and two Moroccan tourists indicated they had “been adrift for four days” when rescue teams arrived on Tuesday 17 September.

The men are said to have made a ‘Mayday’ call when the inflatable boat they were travelling on started to take on water.

The Spanish Coast Guard reported that the inflatable “requested help through an Iridium satellite device 52.5 miles north of Tenerife”.

Green Power, a bulk carrier ship sailing under the Panamanian flag, responded to the call for help alongside the Spanish Coast Guard.

The tourists, who were all found alive, were winched to safety by a Helimer 201 helicopter and transferred to a hospital near Tenerife South Airport for treatment.

It is currently unclear what the men had been doing at sea and how the difficulty occurred.

The Spanish Coast Guard told The Independent : “The 4 people from the inflatable boat, who indicated that they had been adrift for 4 days, were rescued by our Helimer 201 helicopter and transferred to Tenerife, where they were treated by the health and safety team.

“The inflatable was later collected by Guardia Civil.”

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Experienced divers Nathan and Kim Maker, from Edmond, Oklahoma, were scuba diving off the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico when the swell from stormy weather caused them to lose the rest of their group.

The Coast Guard found the couple 15 miles from Matagorda after an aircraft spotted a flashing light in the water and directed the boat to pull them to safety.

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Mission specialist for Titan sub owner tells Coast Guard the goal was to 'make dreams come true'

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This June 2023 United States Coast Guard still frame from video provided by Pelagic Research Services, shows remains of the Titan submersible, center, on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard Video courtesy Pelagic Research Services via AP)

A mission specialist for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year told the U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday that the firm was staffed by competent people who wanted to “make dreams come true.”

Renata Rojas was the latest person to testify who was connected to Titan owner OceanGate. An investigatory panel had previously listened to two days of testimony that raised questions about the company's operations before the doomed mission. OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush was among five people who died when the submersible imploded en route to the site of the Titanic wreck in June 2023.

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Rojas' testimony struck a different tone than some of the earlier witnesses, who described the company as troubled from the top down and focused more on profit than science or safety.

“I was learning a lot and working with amazing people,” Rojas said. “Some of those people are very hard working individuals that were just trying to make dream come true.”

Rojas also said she felt the company was sufficiently transparent during the run-up to the Titanic dive. Her testimony was emotional at times, with the Coast Guard panel proposing a brief break at one point so she could collect herself.

“I knew what I was doing was very risky. I never at any point felt unsafe by the operation,” she said.

Earlier this month, the Coast Guard opened a public hearing that is part of a high-level investigation into the cause of the implosion. The public hearing began on Sept. 16 and some of the testimony has focused on problems the company had prior to the fatal 2023 dive.

During the hearing, former OceanGate operations director David Lochridge said he frequently clashed with Rush and felt the company was committed only to making money.

“The whole idea behind the company was to make money,” Lochridge testified. “There was very little in the way of science.”

Also expected to testify on Thursday is former OceanGate scientific director Steven Ross. The hearing is expected to run through Friday with more witnesses still to come and resume next week.

Lochridge and other witnesses have painted a picture of a company led by people who were impatient to get the unconventionally designed craft into the water. The deadly accident set off a worldwide debate about the future of private undersea exploration.

Coast Guard officials noted at the start of the hearing that the submersible had not been independently reviewed, as is standard practice. That and Titan’s unusual design subjected it to scrutiny in the undersea exploration community.

OceanGate, based in Washington state, suspended its operations after the implosion. The company has no full-time employees currently, but has been represented by an attorney during the hearing.

During the submersible’s final dive on June 18, 2023, the crew lost contact after an exchange of texts about the Titan’s depth and weight as it descended. The support ship Polar Prince then sent repeated messages asking if the Titan could still see the ship on its onboard display.

One of the last messages from Titan’s crew to Polar Prince before the submersible imploded stated, “all good here,” according to a visual recreation presented earlier in the hearing.

When the submersible was reported missing, rescuers rushed ships, planes and other equipment to an area about 435 miles (700 kilometers) south of St. John’s, Newfoundland. Four days later, wreckage of the Titan was subsequently found on the ocean floor about 330 yards (300 meters) off the bow of the Titanic, Coast Guard officials said. No one on board survived.

OceanGate said it has been fully cooperating with the Coast Guard and NTSB investigations since they began. The Titan had been making voyages to the Titanic wreckage site going back to 2021.

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