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Thank you for watching, Good luck on your move.😊

@@LifeWithElisse thank you!

Thank you. Glad you found it helpful

@@LifeWithElisse hey could I get an estimate of how much weight your goods came out too and how much was reimbursed excluding travel expenses? Can’t seem to find any examples online

I don’t know the weight of my goods and I did not get any money reimbursement because I had the Army do my move. You have to use move.mil to fill the form out to see how much you will receive. I sorry I could not be more help to you but I have never done a DITY/PPM move. The form on move.mil should walk you through it; you also have the option to go to the transportation office at your current duty station to have them assist you.

Thank you for watching I hope it helped. OTS is the Officer School for the Air Force ....right?

@@LifeWithElisse Yes it is :) This video was super helpful! My husband is civilian so it’s definitely giving me a better idea at what we’ll be looking at when I get my PCS orders

Thank you

I’m pretty sure the military will not pay for that move. If you knew your husband’s next station, I’ve seen where the military pays to move a family to that duty station early. Sorry I couldn’t be more help. Thank you so much for watching the video.

Thank you for watching! The best advice I could give you is to wait until after he graduates from AIT school. His chain of command should help him through the PCSing process. You will qualify for most of the benefits listed in this video. If you share the tips from this video with your husband it could help him know the right questions to ask to make sure he gets all of the entitlements.

Yes, as long as you will not be staying the barracks at your duty station. I hope this helps.☺️

I think this is considered a DITY move. You pay for it all then get reimbursed

amaqt03 thank you!

Hey No, they will not pay for your movers. You would have to do a DITY move and have the truck weighed. The military will reimburse you based on the weight of your items. Make sure you know your weight limits and keep the receipts for everything.

Life With Elisse okay, thank you!

Girl, I'm dealing with the same exact issue..I've seriously broken down like 19 times this week.

Hey!!! Thank you for watching my video. I don't know why DLA is not available to first time PCS moves, but DLA is not what pays for your lodging. Per Diem and TLE is what pays for lodging while house hunting. and you do qualify for those benefits on all your PCS moves, including the first one. Currently, during COVID, I don't believe you get leave during your PCS move; you only get travel days to get to your next duty station. My most recent video goes over my experience PCSing during COVID if you would like more info.

If nothing has changed recently You don’t get DLA from AIT.

@@LifeWithElisse ok thank you! I loved your video!

Thank you for watching! Yes, you will have to PCS and the military does not account for the fact if you have a house payment. They will move you based on needs of the Army. Even if your wife does not PCS with you and continues to lives in the house, you will get paid the BAH of where you are PCSd, not where your house is. This can be a scary thought with how much the military moves you, so you will have to decide what is right for your family. Some advice I could give you to aid you decision is to (1) get a house with a mortgaged that below your BAH if you are a single income family, (2) understand what it would take to find renters, or buyers(If you need to sell). Are you planning on using the VA Loan if you buy? If so, I have a video coming up that could help you with that process.

Are you prior service who have reenlisted? MEPS allowed you to choose a duty station? I am in the process of reenlisting with a waiver that has been approved! Now just waiting for MEPS to give me a date for my physical and then I'll be choosing a new MOS and head off to AIT.

I’m not sure. I think you have to wait until your family finishes traveling, but you should ask that question during your finance brief. Good luck

Are you going to your, or your spouse, first duty station from AIT. If yes: you do not have to get a government travel card . You will pay for everything up front and be reimbursed with your entitlements. If no: the service member should get one from his/her unit. All service members are required to have one. When you use it for your move, the government will pay the you your entitlements after in-processing, and that is what you will use to pay off your Card. No need to be nervous, PCSing is very straightforward. You got this🥳

@@LifeWithElisse Thank you for all of the information! You're awesome

Thank you so much for watching and the question. I don’t know the specifics for your situation. His Chain of command will fill him in on what will happen with you and you family. Make sure you stay on top of your spouse to get the info to you so that you can make a plan. Sorry I could not be more help to you.

Thank you for watching. They will pick up from storage and your home. You have to just put both pick up location in your move.mil application. If you need items to to be place on storage at your new duty station, you can also put in both drop off location (ie. home & Storage) in you move.mil application. I could be wrong but think the limit is 2 pick up and 2 drop off locations per application.

@@LifeWithElisse thank you so much!!!! :)

If you are on TDY you will not get per diem. Question, are you at WA already? For TLE, You should check into the the hotel athe your current or new duty station, and claim those nights as TLE during you finance portion of in-processing.

@@LifeWithElisse she is in Washington going through in -processing , we are still in Ga she was never suppose be in Washington yet from what her 1sgt said she was suppose to come home after AIT we pack and all go to Washington together but her AIT unit told her to wait. Now she is having to apply for tdy to come home so we can pack and leave so if we don’t get per diem it puts us at paying for everything with no reimbursement .

Just to be clear, are you married to the service member? You should still be eligible for per diem for your, and any kids, travel. The service member may not qualify while On TDY. I was able to leave for my husband’s duty station before he got there and he was able to claim my per diem travel and TLE for hotel stay. He just shipped to the new duty instead of picking me up. I cant guarantee that this would be the case for you, but hopefully this can ease your mind and point you in the right direction.

@@LifeWithElisse yes we are married I got out of the military and she got in but I was guard so never had to deal with all this but thank you for your insight it was definitely helpful thank you so much! 🙏🏼

Hey!! Thank you for watching the video. To answer your question, yes he will most likely be able to PCS to his first duty station once he graduates from AIT, and transportation is arranged for him. There was a time where soldiers were being held but the army has worked those issues out. The best advice would be for you to tell your husband to ask his chain of command for more concrete timelines.

Life With Elisse thank you so much I’m trying to wrap my head around all of this he graduates in two months and there are so many things that I’m just really confused on. 💛

Asiamarnae when I graduated AIT I had an opportunity for any of the different types of move. I also moved myself.

chucklamagne ok so you got to choose on what you wanted to do ?

Asiamarnae yes though every AIT is different. He’ll need to ask for the move he wants when he goes to transportation and have transportation out of AIT. I think they have flights he could get on too but idk if they’ll fly him back home to get his stuff. I bought a car in AIT and drove myself to my stuff. I had to finesse the car though, he might get in trouble buying one at his AIT.

Hey! you don't qualify if you are pcsing from AIT school because it is a dislocation allowance. But if you pcsing from your first duty station to another duty station you will qualify for DLA

@@LifeWithElisse Perfect, we’re going from Fort Polk-Fort Hood! Is this something my husband will have to apply for or does finance “just do it” lol 🤣🤣

Finance just does it during in processing but make sure he is aware just in case they forget

Hey! Thanks for watching my video. I hope you enjoyed it! To answer your question, your fiance can go with you, but the military will not pay for them. Depending on your rank, you may have to live in the barracks because the military will consider you to be single until you are married.

@@LifeWithElisse its an overseas move? Does that make a difference?

​@@awilliams1091 No, it does not make a difference; the same answer applies to overseas moves. Once you do get married, the military will need your marriage license and for you to have your spouse registered in DEERS before they will pay for anything.

Thank you for watching. I say spouse because I giving this information from a spouse perspective. This info is great for single soldiers as well so I hope you were able to get something out of it. I do have a video centered around the service members coming in the next two weeks.

@@LifeWithElisse thank you so much. I have gained valuable knowledge from your video!