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For all active duty Military members and their families we offer the best rates and costs on VA financing plus buyer rebates from $100 to 1% of the selling price. Seller's listing commissions range from 5% to 5.5% and include all marketing and closing services. We own and operate two national military relocation organizations and provide services to Military families at every installation across the country. For details and info outside our area please visit our site at www.OperationRelocation.com or email us at military@Resource-homes.com.

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Additional useful links:
The Military Postal Service
The Veterans Administration
http://www.4militaryfamilies.com/ ( A non-commercial family support site)

Guidelines for Planning Your Military Move

Your move is your personal challenge. You are in charge of your move. There's plenty of help out there, but you have to ask for it. Sponsors are available at your new base, but you have to ask for one. The military will help you with expenses, but you have to follow the rules of the road. Like your weapon, your job and your role in your unit's plans, the effectiveness of your move depends on you.

Be sensitive to stress--everyone's. Moving places stress on your spouse, your children, and on you. Uprooting ties isn't easy even though it means career opportunity for the military member. Emotionally charged things will happen. Expect the unexpected. Give everyone the slack they need throughout the move

Tasks--stay ahead of the game. How do you win the moving game? Simple--get ahead of the curve, and stay there. There are over eighty tasks to do on a move. Even if your moving plan says do it next week, do it now if you have time. That frees up more time later to handle the unexpected and the really important things such helping your kids meet new friends. Getting ahead of the game means you're in control of your move, and that makes sense.

Use "to do" lists. The countdown to moving day can overheat the coolest heads. Relocation adds a new layer of stress to daily life. Since very few of us have photographic memories, we need lists. Lists are the only proven antidote when faced with a long series of multiple tasks, each having many subparts. Everyone from management gurus to advice columnists recommends using lists. Lists will save you when you move. Keep track of your progress on each one. It feels great crossing things off!

Develop backup plans. Murphy's Law still operates, and things don't always go as planned. It pays to think in terms of "what ifs". What if the motel loses our reservation or won't take pets? What if the baby-sitter doesn't show? What if I lock myself out the car? Be armed with foresight. Anticipate problems before they occur, and you give yourself the best gift--the feeling of being in control.

Build in time to relax! Moving is a team effort, and it is hard work. By the time your stuff's in the van, you'll be relieved you're on your way, but you'll also be tired. Take time for yourself and for your family--time to unwind, time to chill. Take some leave in the country or bring the family to the beach or on a mountain hike. Recharge your battery, and you'll perform better in your new job.

CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE MILITARY MOVE TO-DO LIST

CLICK HERE FOR HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MILITARY MOVE

PCS Benefits

This information was taken from DOD public records and may not be accurate. It is provided for general knowledge only. For current and reliable information please contact official sources.

Dislocation Allowance (DLA)

What is it? The DLA is intended to help with miscellaneous
moving costs. In general, it is paid once per PCS move.
Available:
CONUS and OCONUS.
How is it figured?
The DLA is a multiple of your BAH. Consult your relocation manager for the actual
"with dependents" and "without dependent" rates.
Special note:
The DLA is not available under four conditions:
1. From home to your first duty station.
2. When assigned to government quarters, without family members, at new duty station.
3. When transferred to a nearby duty station, unless a
local move of household goods has been pre-authorized.
4. When separating or retiring from the military.

Move-in Housing Allowance (MIHA)

What is it?
This allowance is designed to reimburse you for overseas costs associated with living in privately-owned or privately-leased quarters. It addresses three specific needs: one-time rent-related expenses, modification of homes for security protection and the initial cost of making a home habitable.
Available:
OCONUS only.
How is it figured?
Rates change with currency rates and location. See your base relocation manager.
Special note:
The State Department rules whether a location is a "high threat" area.

Temporary Lodging Allowance (TLA)

What is it?
The TLA is designed to partly offset the cost of temporary housing and meals incurred while waiting for permanent lodging.
Available:
OCONUS only.
How is it figured?
TLA is figured according to a formula that factors in the member's pay grade, number of family members, actual quarters cost, the availability of cooking facilities and the local per diem rate.
Special Notes:
Start of TLA: The same date as the member's overseas housing allowance.
Duration of TLA: Usually a maximum of 60 days (when arriving) and 10 days (when departing).
On the TLA, a single service member is entitled to up to 65 percent of either the cost of meals and incidental expenses or the local per diem rate. A service member and one family member are entitled to up to 100 percent of the local per diem rate. Add another 25 percent for each additional family member under 12 and 35 percent for each one 12 and over.
Ask your family center relocation manager for help figuring the TLA for larger families.

Temporary Lodging Expense (TLE)

What is it?
The TLE is designed to partly reimburse relocating members and families for the cost of meals and lodging incurred when temporary housing is needed
Available:
CONUS only.
How is it figured?
The TLE is figured according to a formula that factors in the member's pay grade, number of family members, actual quarters cost, availability of cooking facilities and the local per diem rate.

Maximum TLE rate: $110.00 per day.
Maximum time you can claim TLE: Up to 10 days for CONUS to CONUS moves. Up to 5 days for CONUS to OCONUS moves.

Special Note: Ask your family center relocation manager for help figuring your TLE.

Monetary Allowance (MALT)

What is it?
The MALT is the amount paid when a member and/or the member's family drive to their new duty station, based on the Official Military Table of Distances.
Available:
CONUS and OCONUS.
How is it figured?

If first vehicle contains:
1. Authorized Traveler (AT)   $.15
2. ATs                                     $.17
3. ATs                                     $.19
4. or more ATs                        $.20

If second vehicle contains:
1. AT                                     $.15
2. ATs                                   $.17
3. ATs                                   $.19
4. or more ATs                      $.20
* A vehicle may receive only one of the rates listed.
Special note:
Approval is needed before MALT can be paid for more than 2 vehicles.

Per Diem Allowance

What is it?
The Per Diem Allowance is designed to reimburse you and your family for the costs associated with meals and lodging when you travel to your new duty station.
Available:
CONUS and OCONUS.
How is it figured?
Current rates for travel by air are available online. Per diem rates for car travel are based on a flat $50 rate. In computing per diem, the military uses 350 miles per day as the standard one-day travel distance.

To determine the number of days per diem, take the Official Government Mileage between duty stations and divide by 350. An additional day of travel is allowed if the remainder is 51 miles or more.

Per diem rates vary by the person's age. Each family member is entitled to a different percentage of the applicable per diem rate on the days they are eligible:

Service member: 100% of the rate
Spouse: 75% of the rate
Children over 12: 75% of the rate
Children under 12: 50% of the rate

The total per diem reimbursement on your move is the sum of the allowable per diem for each family member. Example: The per diem is in this case is assumed to be $50, and there is a spouse, six-year-old child and a thirteen year-old child in the family in addition to the service member.

Member: $50.00
Spouse: (@75%) 37.50
Child over 12 (@ 75%): 37.50
Child under 12 (@ 50%): 25.00
Total per diem = $150.00

Advance Basic Pay

What is it?
This is basically an interest-free loan you can get when you make a permanent change of station move. The collateral is your military salary. You normally repay advance basic pay in 12 equal installments.
Available:
CONUS and OCONUS.
How is it figured?
You may draw up to three months' basic pay in advance, interest free
How is it paid back?
Normally, basic pay advances are paid back over a period of 12 months, starting a month after the allowance is drawn. However, regulations permit a 24-month pay-back period under certain conditions. Your base pay and finance office can provide details.
Special Notes:
Advances are loans, and you have to pay them back. They are not "free money" and should not be spent on luxury, "nice to have" products, such as CD players.

Advance OHA

What is it?
Advance OHA is an advance against any projected OHA to cover the difference between the cost of nonbase rental housing and the BAH. Except in unusual cases, advances are limited to 12 months' OHA.
Available:
Outside the United States.
How is it figured?
The OHA advance is based on your expenses, but normally shouldn't exceed one year's allowances.

Advance BAH