Posted on Feb 17, 2019
If death within a family occurs, it has to be for SM's immediate family. But what about death within a spouse's family?
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Will I or my wife be covered to travel?
Can children be covered to travel?
Can children be covered to travel?
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The only time the Army will pay for your travel in a death is if your home of record is OCONUS or if you're OCONUS when the death happens. Spouse family isn't considered.
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LTC Jason Mackay
SPC (Join to see) you may want to consider an AER loan. https://www.aerhq.org/Financial-Assistance
You also want to check with your chain of command if you are OCONUS. I was looking at JFTR which governs travel.
"An eligible member on emergency leave (as determined under DoD Instruction 1327.6 (Leave and Liberty Procedures)) and eligible dependents with personal emergencies are authorized transportation between authorized locations. Eligible members/dependents are those on permanent duty OCONUS. A member stationed in the CONUS must have a domicile OCONUS to authorized emergency leave for self/dependents. For an eligible dependent, personal emergencies are circumstances similar to those for which a member receives emergency leave, and includes travel incident to the burial of a deceased member if not authorized burial travel under JFTR, Chapter 5, par. U5242-A. Each emergency leave traveler is authorized commercial air transportation between authorized locations if space-required Government transportation is not reasonably available. Reimbursement for transportation costs cannot exceed the cost of Government-procured commercial air transportation between authorized locations. Reimbursement is only authorized for air transportation and ground transportation between interim airports. Reimbursement for ground transportation from PDS/home/ destination and the airport is not authorized. Travel across CONUS is at Government expense if the traveler must transit the CONUS to reach the OCONUS emergency leave point. A cadet/midshipman is not eligible for this transportation. For eligibility requirements, transportation requirements, and authorized locations, refer to JFTR, Chapter 7, par. U7205."
You also want to check with your chain of command if you are OCONUS. I was looking at JFTR which governs travel.
"An eligible member on emergency leave (as determined under DoD Instruction 1327.6 (Leave and Liberty Procedures)) and eligible dependents with personal emergencies are authorized transportation between authorized locations. Eligible members/dependents are those on permanent duty OCONUS. A member stationed in the CONUS must have a domicile OCONUS to authorized emergency leave for self/dependents. For an eligible dependent, personal emergencies are circumstances similar to those for which a member receives emergency leave, and includes travel incident to the burial of a deceased member if not authorized burial travel under JFTR, Chapter 5, par. U5242-A. Each emergency leave traveler is authorized commercial air transportation between authorized locations if space-required Government transportation is not reasonably available. Reimbursement for transportation costs cannot exceed the cost of Government-procured commercial air transportation between authorized locations. Reimbursement is only authorized for air transportation and ground transportation between interim airports. Reimbursement for ground transportation from PDS/home/ destination and the airport is not authorized. Travel across CONUS is at Government expense if the traveler must transit the CONUS to reach the OCONUS emergency leave point. A cadet/midshipman is not eligible for this transportation. For eligibility requirements, transportation requirements, and authorized locations, refer to JFTR, Chapter 7, par. U7205."
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LTC Jason Mackay I remember coming across this once before in the JFTR, but that thing is massive and I couldn't remember where. Thank you for the reference
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What I'd do, honestly, is, first, ask any of the chaplain staff by you, I should think they could be of potentially enormous help, clerics often get social work like problems like this, and have a way of being open doors that others often might have a rough time getting through...they can also quite possibly call Red Cross and speak with them for you, apart from actual social work at any clinical facility at your installation, or nearby, whether on the active duty or VA side, svc clinical can frequently ask for help from VA clinical staff, when I was in residency for doctoral level allied health before my total perm disability, I saw such interaction where svc mnrs on active, in Guard, or in Reserve, got treated at VA hosps I'd trained at, plus, having been a patient at a VA howp by us, I saw recently that VA does sometimes have active duty clinical staff members rotate through on exchange...truly, that's what I'd doe, incl seeking to be allowed to use any possible space A openings for mil flights near you, if avail, also, if conveniently close to where you'd all need to go, I'd be genuinely eager to hear more if you'd care to say, no rush, whenever you'd want, condolences from my wife and myself, obviously, as well, of course, by all means....
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If by "covered for travel" you mean will the Army pay for it, no.
If you mean allowed to travel, then yes, unless you are in a really unusual place and travel is problematic.
If you mean granted emergency leave, probably not (more liberal interpretations of next of kin are used at times) but ordinary leave should be granted without hassling the Soldier or family.
If you run into issues, get your FLL involved,
If you mean allowed to travel, then yes, unless you are in a really unusual place and travel is problematic.
If you mean granted emergency leave, probably not (more liberal interpretations of next of kin are used at times) but ordinary leave should be granted without hassling the Soldier or family.
If you run into issues, get your FLL involved,
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CPT Lawrence Cable
As an example for some of the lengths the Army/Services will go to get a member home. We were doing a big joint operation on the island of Adak when the Command got notification that one of the troops had a parent that had died. The Chaplin and elements for the Command went into the backcountry to find him, escorted him back to the airfield and stuck him on the next Space A flight back to Elmendorf and then home to Ohio.
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SP5 Peter Keane
SPC (Join to see) - being that both are chargeable, if ordinary leave is granted (CoC not a-holes) what difference does it make ?
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1SG (Join to see)
SP5 Peter Keane - Who pays for the travel from OCONUS and the expeditiousness of the process are the two considerations that mean the most to the Soldier.
What they need to understand is that it is not an entitlement, and could still be refused by the commander.
What they need to understand is that it is not an entitlement, and could still be refused by the commander.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
1SG (Join to see) - absolutely correct. It allows your command to fund travel for you and your family. I never saw any issues with the speed of getting a soldier ordinary leave stateside for funerals and family emergencies, most commands are very reactive with leave orders, especially if the soldiers family has followed the rules and initiated a report through the Red Cross.
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