Do I get entitlements on a CONUS Tour?

2016-01-20T15:25:10-05:00

Long story here- Will try to boil it down, Currently USAR TPU

-Volunteered/offered position through ToD for OCONUS Mission
- Tour delayed 3 times due to admin problems, location was changed to CONUS with intent to move me to original OCONUS location next FY
- MTF in next post

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 20 at 2016 3:29 PM

2016-01-20T15:29:27-05:00

What's the question?

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 20 at 2016 3:34 PM

2016-01-20T15:34:33-05:00

-Orders currently being processed but am told this will be PCS move as reservist (duration is like 8 months until end of this FY) and I cannot/will not be offered TDY/TCS with 55% per diem

Do I have the option to refuse? the tour I was offered and volunteered for has billeting available at no cost since it is OCONUS and I would have had BAH for HOR. The new option gives me PCS to CONUS location and BAH for the new location and nothing for my HOR (basically the same) and does not have housing available so I would need to find and pay out of pocket for my own residence.

I do not have any dependants so i cannot submit a BAH waiver to claim my HOR (they are the same anyway) but the big differentiator is paying for 2 places and having duty in 1 as a reservist.. this amounts to a net delta between the tours of $1500~ $1800 a month.

I'm still not certain if this is being processed as a COADOS or a MOB and what- if any impact that has and the most recent ALARACT 384/2011 basically says they have to try and PCS for volunteer tours and since they changed duty location without consent do I have some recourse?.

I'd like to help out the Army but if they are not going to give me any TDY pay to maintain 2 locations then its effectively a net loss over my civilian job (OCONUS would have been break even)

Any idea on what i can do? sounds to me like big army wants reservists to come and do all the staff work but they dont want to pay the associated expense and put the onus on the soldier.

Thanks!

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 21 at 2016 8:54 PM

2016-01-21T20:54:06-05:00

There's some really good advice here. To trio force what they said:
- contact your RC liaison to get a deal that works out for you OR
- refuse the orders if they changed the terms on you. It should not affect your career. There will always be a need for us reservists to augment the active force. Big army will never have enough people/resources to meet all the missions/tastings out there for our services.

If you don't look after you, no one else will.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2016 6:34 AM

2016-01-22T06:34:21-05:00

Sounds about right. Several coworkers at my mil tech job have been PCS'd to Ft Gordon for courses like WOCS, etc. More advantageous to the government, I suppose.