Posted on Dec 30, 2019
How does taking leave work when moving your family to a new duty station?
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We were told to take Block Leave but now we have negative leave days. By the time I am done with Osut and Jump School I will only have +2.5 leave days. But I will need to move my family to my duty station, so how will that work? Will they give me the leave and put me in the negative for leave days? Also, do you report to your unit prior to moving your family? Or, do you move your family to your duty station then report to your unit? I will be living off-base if that even matters or makes any difference. Can anyone let me know the process?
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Whether you choose to report first or move your family is up to you. In my opinion it's easier to report first and setup a household, then take leave and bring your family.
A commander can grant you leave to go into the negative. In addition, you're eligible to take 10 free days of leave for permissive TDY for the purpose of setting up a household. Plus, there is an inprocessing period of up to a week at most duty stations. In addition, your Government Travel Card is probably not activated, meaning you'll be paying a lot of expenses out of pocket and getting reimbursed later. That's an expensive proposition for a PVT keeping their family in lodging for a week or two waiting for a house or apartment to open up.
Best advice is to reach out to your unit sponsor and ask them because different post have unique considerations they can help you out with.
A commander can grant you leave to go into the negative. In addition, you're eligible to take 10 free days of leave for permissive TDY for the purpose of setting up a household. Plus, there is an inprocessing period of up to a week at most duty stations. In addition, your Government Travel Card is probably not activated, meaning you'll be paying a lot of expenses out of pocket and getting reimbursed later. That's an expensive proposition for a PVT keeping their family in lodging for a week or two waiting for a house or apartment to open up.
Best advice is to reach out to your unit sponsor and ask them because different post have unique considerations they can help you out with.
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Thank you very much, to avoid having my family in lodging for a week I should go report to my unit first, find a place to live, then move them there and I will completely avoid the week wait?
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SSG (Join to see) that's my best advice, but contact your local unit sponsor first, they may have a better process at your unit
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Report first, unit's have a better ability to work with you than schools. Besides it will let you recon the area/situation at the new unit/post.
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