Navy outlines pointers for presidency journey cost card use

A U.S. Navy memo launched this month outlines pointers for sailors’ obligatory use of presidency journey cost playing cards.

The instruction was introduced by a NAVADMIN message directed towards service members touring for a everlasting change-of-station. They are required to make use of the cardboard for journey bills equivalent to lodging, meals, and transportation, in line with the memo.

Pentagon coverage stipulates that the cardboard is for use by eligible Defense Department vacationers for “costs related to official government travel,” the memo stated, that means “travel under official orders while performing duties pertaining to official government assignments,” equivalent to short-term obligation or everlasting change of station.

Travel advances is not going to be handed out for sailors with the journey card, the memo stated, aside from these coping with nonconcurrent household journey or personally procured transfer advances. Sailors with the journey card are eligible for an advance of their dislocation allowance, an entitlement.

Service members who’re ineligible for the journey card will be paid a journey advance to cowl everlasting change-of-station prices.

Before touring, sailors are required to confirm a zero-dollar steadiness on their journey card with their detaching company program coordinator, in addition to present contact data and confirm their journey card is about up to be used.

Agency program coordinators are to make sure the sailor’s authorities journey cost card account is in everlasting change-of-station mission important standing 5 days earlier than the date of their permitted detachment.

The coordinators are additionally to make sure the account stays in PCS mission-critical standing whereas the sailor is touring.

Once sailors arrive at their new command, they’ve 5 days to fulfill with their command pay and personnel administrator and submit a journey voucher to make sure authorities journey cost card cost.

Split disbursement is obligatory for sailors utilizing the federal government journey cost card for everlasting change of station journey, and sailors are totally accountable for compensation of the journey card.

For break up disbursement, some journey card bills are despatched on to the journey card account, whereas the remainder of the reimbursement is deposited within the service member’s account. The service member can then use these funds to repay the journey card steadiness.

Active-duty, coaching and administration of the reserves, and chosen reservists executing lively obligation for operational assist and officer recall PCS orders are permitted to make use of the federal government journey card.

The memo stated obligatory use of the cardboard doesn’t apply to these on accession, separation or retirement orders, or to others equivalent to Defense Department contractors, reservists serving to lively obligation models, particular person prepared reserve Navy personnel, or these ineligible for presidency journey cost playing cards.