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MARADMIN 147/26 

MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC L LF WASHINGTON DC//

SUBJ/2026 PERMANENT DUTY TRAVEL/PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION 

ASSISTANCE//

REF/A/DOC/MCO 1754.10B MARINE CORPS INFORMATION, REFERRAL AND 

RELOCATION (IR&R) PROGRAM DATED 2 FEB 2022

REF/B/DOC/DOD 4500.9-R-PART IV PERSONAL PROPERTY DATED 30 MAY 

2025//

REF/C/DOC/JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS DATED 1 FEBRUARY 2026//

REF/D/DOC/DOD FOREIGN CLEARANCE GUIDE DATED 9 JULY 2025

NARR/REF A IS MARINE CORPS INFORMATION, REFERRAL AND RELOCATION 

(IR&R) PROGRAM. REF B IS THE DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION REGULATION 

(DTR) PART IV PERSONAL PROPERTY. REF C IS THE CURRENT MONTHLY 

EDITION OF THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS AND IS THE SOURCE FOR 

ENTITLEMENTS AND ALLOWANCES FOR UNIFORMED SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR 

DEPENDENTS, AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. REF D PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND CLEARANCE 

REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT INTERNATIONAL MISSION PLANNING AND 

EXECUTION//

POC/I&L LF-G4-DMO/J. C. HENDRIX/CIV/PPTY-PAX ISSUES/TEL: (703) 

946-7660/EMAIL: 

JULIE.HENDRIX@USMC.MIL/USMCPERSONALPROPERTY@USMC.MIL//

POC/I&L LPS-D/M. A. EDWARDS/CIV/PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION POLICY/TEL: 

(571) 256-2751/EMAIL: 

MARK.A.EDWARDS5@USMC.MIL/USMCPASSENGERTRAVEL@USMC.MIL//

POC/M&RA POC/M&RA/MPO/SMB_HQMC_MPO@USMC.MIL/TEL: (703)784-9374//

POC/MF-IRR/L. S. LOREI/CIV/IRR/TEL: (703)784-3870/EMAIL: 

LUCINDA.LOREI@USMC.MIL//

GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  This MarAdmin offers Marines, Civilian 

Marines, and their households conducting Permanent Duty Travel 

(PDT)/Permanent Change of Station (PCS) transfer in 2026 with 

data and needed steps required to make sure a easy 

transition.

1.a. Commanders in any respect ranges will guarantee each Marine and Civilian

Marine relocating in 2026 is supplied a replica of this MarAdmin.

1.b. All Marines and their households obtain PCS help from Marine

and Family Program’s Information, Referral and Relocation (IRR) 

Program. Contact your IRR program to enroll in the obligatory PCS

Workshop to obtain briefs from Distribution Management Office 

(DMO)/Installation Transportation Office (ITO), Installation 

Personnel Administration Center (IPAC), Tricare, School Liaison, 

Travel, Family Member Employment and Personal Financial Management

Program, and different native sources. Spouses are inspired to 

attend!

https:(slash)(slash)www.usmc-mccs.org/marine-family-support/inform

ation-referral-and-relocation.

1.c. The IRR program will assist join Marines to a Sponsorship 

Coordinator inside their command and to their gaining installations 

POCs to obtain a Welcome Aboard Packet. IRR additionally offers Welcome 

Aboard Briefs which assist orient Marines and households to every little thing 

that’s accessible at their new set up.  Attendance is 

obligatory for all newly arrived personnel within the grades of E-1 

by way of E-6, W-1 and O-1 by way of O-2 inside 90 days of arrival at a

new obligation station. At OCONUS places, all ranks and their household 

members 10 years of age and above, should attend obligatory Welcome 

Aboard workshops.

1.d. PCS checklists can assist hold duties organized all through the PCS

course of. Personalized PCS checklists will be created at 

https:(slash)(slash)planmymove.militaryonesource.mil/.

1.e. Remotely stationed Marines obtain relocation help from 

Military OneSource at

https:(slash)(slash)www.militaryonesource.mil/.

2. Household Goods Shipment and Storage

2.a. Planning the Move Dates. Marines MUST begin their transfer and 

full self-counseling at https: 

(slash)(slash)www.militaryonesource.mil/moving-pcs/moving-personal

-property/ as quickly as doable after receipt of their orders. Keep 

in thoughts, the most well-liked peak season pickup dates are instantly 

following the Memorial Day weekend by way of mid-July. 

2.b. Exception. Marines conducting their first transfer, Marines 

separating or retiring, and Marines shifting a cell residence should 

obtain extra counseling due to various entitlements.  

Visit/contact your native ITO at 

https:(slash)(slash)installations.militaryonesource.mil/ earlier than 

submitting the cargo utility to study your delivery 

necessities and entitlements.

2.c. Personally Procured Move (PPM). PPMs are designed for the 

Marine to be their very own shifting firm.  Most Marines will request a 

PPM to have extra freedom when making choices concerning when the 

cargo might be picked up, how quickly it will likely be transported to the 

vacation spot and the supply timeline. Marines obtain 100% of the 

Government’s price to maneuver as much as the utmost licensed weight 

allowance based mostly on rank and with or with out dependents from the 

licensed origin location to the licensed vacation spot location in

the PCS Orders.  Marines are licensed storage as much as (90) days at 

a industrial storage facility to not exceed the Government’s price to

retailer the identical weight. 

2.c.1. Marines executing a PPM to Hawaii, Alaska, and U.S. 

territories and possessions should be endorsed and paperwork correctly 

ready in DPS (in use for these strikes solely presently) to make sure 

they’re suggested of knowledge specific to the vacation spot, such 

because the requirement to confirm the usage of U.S. Flag vessels when the 

cargo is transiting over ocean.

2.c.2. Marines performing a routine PCS should use their Government 

Travel Charge Card (GTCC) for all bills associated to a PPM. The 

GTCC can’t be used for separation journey, to incorporate PPMs in 

conjunction with separation journey (separatees and retirees). For 

these Marines who don’t possess a GTCC, an Advance Operating 

Allowance (AOA) “may” be licensed as an exception to coverage 

by way of the native Transportation Office, nonetheless, Marines who’re 

utilizing solely their POV(s) to execute a PPM are usually not eligible to obtain

an AOA.

2.c.3. Additional data will be discovered at: 

https:(slash)(slash)www.logcom.marines.mil/Marines/Personally-Procu

red-Move/on tips on how to put together and submit a PPM Claim in DPS and the 

estimated processing time and cost dates for settled PPM Claims.

2.d. Professional Books, Papers, and Equipment (PBP&E). The most 

weight restrict for Pro Gear for Marines of all ranks is 2,000 kilos. 

Marines might request a further weight allowance as much as 500 kilos 

for partner Pro Gear required for employment or neighborhood help 

actions for his or her partner (civilian worker spouses are usually not 

licensed a PBP&E weight allowance). Appendix K2 “It’s Your Move” 

https:(slash)(slash)www.ustranscom.mil/dtr/part-iv/dtr_part_iv_att_A

-k_2.pdf.  Note:  IAW Ref (C), PBP&E should be declared on the origin 

of the cargo, and should be documented, to incorporate certification or 

approval, in keeping with Agency or Service transportation procedures

2.e. Completing the Customer Satisfaction Survey. Marines ought to 

full the survey as quickly as they obtain the e-mail request. The 

suggestions provided-both feedback and scores-plays a important function in 

bettering the Defense Personal Property Program (DP3). This enter 

helps determine and eradicate poor-performing transportation service

suppliers and ensures that the best performing shifting firms 

obtain most shipments.

3. Personal Property Claims. Lost and Damage, Inconvenience and 

Physical Damage Claims. For cargo claims, please go to the information

positioned at 

https:(slash)(slash)www.militaryonesource.mil/moving-

housing/shifting/planning-your-move/file-a-claim-after-your-military

-move/. For non-DPS claims, similar to contracted strikes referred to as Direct 

Procurement Method strikes, or if Marines nonetheless have questions on 

their DPS claims, Marines ought to contact the Navy Personnel Claims 

Unit at (888) 897-8217, (757) 440-6315 (DSN 564) or e mail 

NorfolkClaims@us.navy.mil

4. Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Shipment and Storage

4.a. Marines conducting a PCS transfer to, from or between OCONUS 

places could also be entitled to ship or retailer one POV at authorities 

expense. Contact the native transportation workplace for data 

concerning POV entitlements based mostly on the OCONUS vacation spot and 

put together required paperwork wanted to ship or retailer the POV.

4.b. For data on tips on how to put together a POV for cargo or 

storage, evaluate the paperwork Shipping Your POV, Appendix K3 and 

Storing Your POV, Appendix K4 of the Defense Transportation 

Regulation, Part IV, Personal Property, System A at 

https:(slash)(slash)www.ustranscom.mil/dtr/part-iv/dtr_part_iv_app_k

_3.pdf and 

https:(slash)(slash)www.ustranscom.mil/dtr/part-iv/dtr_part_iv_app_k

_4.pdf.

5. Overseas Moves (OCONUS) Travel Preparations/Overseas Screening 

and HHG Shipments. Overseas Suitability Screening (OSS) and OCONUS 

counseling. The abroad screening course of might take as much as 60 days or

extra; subsequently, Marines shall begin abroad screening inside 10

days from receipt of orders. To make sure the Marine studies to the 

abroad station by the required date, the significance of full 

and well timed screening can’t be over-emphasized.  Each Marine MUST 

instantly provoke OSS by way of a Military Medical Treatment 

Facility for all dependents licensed to accompany the Marine to 

guarantee suitability for OCONUS assignments. For extra data on

the OSS, evaluate MARADMIN 626/25. In the meantime, Marines ought to

proceed to plan to execute their HHG cargo pickup dates whereas 

this course of is happening. In the occasion the orders are modified or 

canceled, Marines MUST notify the transportation workplace instantly 

for additional directions

6. Travel Compliance/Marines Traveling Accompanied with Dependents

6.a. Travel Compliance. Each traveler is answerable for guaranteeing 

compliance with all journey necessities previous to the departure date 

whether or not departing from a industrial airport or from the Aerial Port 

of Embarkation for Air Mobility Command-Patriot Express (AMC-PE)

flights. Marines are required to keep up all receipts throughout journey 

as many bills are reimbursable. For data concerning journey

allowances and reimbursement course of, Marines ought to contact your 

supporting ITO, IPAC or Disbursing Office. Civilian Marines ought to

contact your supporting Human Resources Office for such data. 

6.b. Marines ought to coordinate with the receiving command-designated 

sponsor and the Housing Office to find out availability of on-base

housing.

6.c. Special Issuance Passports (SIP) and Visas. SIPs and Visas might 

be required for Marines, civilians, and their dependents at any time when

they journey to OCONUS places. Ref (d) offers the necessities 

needed for entry into a specific nation and will be accessed 

for personnel with a Common Access Card (CAC) at hyperlink: 

https:(slash)(slash)www.fcg.pentagon.mil/fcg.cfm.  When SIPs/visas 

are required, functions should be ready and submitted to a DoD 

Passport Application Acceptance Facility (PAAF)/Passport Agent as 

quickly as doable on account of an 8-11-week utility processing interval. 

DoD Passport Agents could also be positioned throughout the DMO/ITO Passenger 

Travel Office or different places aboard the set up. Note:  DoD 

passport utility acceptance amenities are places on navy 

installations which are licensed to simply accept and course of official, 

diplomatic, and no-fee passport functions for DoD personnel and 

their dependents. These amenities function below the Department of 

State’s Special Issuance Agency (SIA) and observe strict guidelines for 

skilled acceptance brokers.

7. Baggage on Commercial and Government Contracted Carrier. Marines

executing PCS journey on a industrial or authorities contracted 

service, through plane, ship, prepare, or bus, are licensed 

reimbursement for not more than two (2) luggage, 70 kilos or much less every, 

to not exceed 62 linear inches (sum of size plus width plus 

top) plus a small carry-on per reserved seat. Excess baggage is 

outlined as all baggage greater than this amount, weight, and/or dimension. 

Excess baggage won’t be licensed previous to a Marines departure.

A Marine is topic to the industrial service’s established baggage 

restrictions and payment schedules and is required to pay the industrial 

service in accordance with the service’s payment schedule. A Marine might 

submit for reimbursement through their PCS journey declare for luggage payment 

bills when their baggage doesn’t exceed two checked luggage, to not 

exceed 70 kilos, per licensed traveler.  Requests for 

reimbursement of extra baggage could also be submitted to MMIB-3 after PCS 

journey has been accomplished if the contents of the luggage have been 

needed on the future everlasting obligation station (PDS) previous to the 

arrival of the Unaccompanied Baggage cargo and the gadgets weren’t 

accessible on the future PDS. For additional data, contact the 

native Passenger Travel Office (PTO) or see the AMC-PE Travel Page at 

hyperlink: https:(slash)(slash)www.amc.af.mil/AMC-Travel-Site/.

8. Transporting Pets

8.a. The key to a profitable pet transfer is early planning and fixed 

follow-through. Marines who’re being reassigned to, from or between 

OCONUS places are inspired to right away go to their native PTO 

positioned throughout the ITO to determine transportation necessities for 

their pets. Be conscious it could take as much as six months to finish all 

the necessities for guaranteeing pet(s) will be imported to an OCONUS 

location.

8.b. PCS orders are NOT required to submit reservations for PCS 

vacationers and pets on AMC-PE (canines and cats solely), nor do pets have 

to be cited throughout the orders for reimbursement functions. The 

passenger Acknowledgement of Risk During Pet Movement Document, 

nonetheless, should be accomplished and uploaded into the AMC-PE reservation 

on the time of reserving or the reservation could also be cancelled by 

HQ-AMC. 

Because pet reservations might be apportioned on a primary come/first 

served foundation, pet transportation wants must be recognized to the 

native PTO as quickly because the Marine has a normal concept of the required 

departure month. Reservations might be finalized when AMC schedules 

the flight on/about 90 days previous to the flight departure date. At 

that point, pet area requests might be submitted by the PTO. However, 

on account of restricted area on the AMC-PE flights, and the supply of

these flights to members of all Services, pet reservation can’t be 

assured, no matter how early a Marine registers a pet 

motion requirement. After the PCS Outbound Interview in Marine

Online (MOL), Marines observe up with the PTO to finalize all pet 

journey preparations.

8.b.1. Reimbursement for the precise price of licensed pet associated 

transportation bills is restricted to $550 per CONUS PCS transfer and 

$2,000 per OCONUS PCS transfer. A Service member could also be licensed the 

cheap and substantiated price of obligatory microchipping, 

quarantine charges, boarding charges, lodge service costs, licensing

charges on the new PDS, testing titer ranges for entry, and pet 

delivery charges if the member flies moderately than drives, or the pet is 

shipped individually from the member. For transoceanic journey, use of 

Government or Government procured transportation should be used if 

accessible or reimbursement for transportation prices are usually not 

licensed. In extenuating circumstances the place each Patriot Express 

capability and recurrently scheduled industrial airline service are usually not 

accessible for pets, the Secretarial Process might approve pet 

transportation bills that exceed $2,000 for an OCONUS PCS, to not 

exceed $4,000, for a Service member that departs a everlasting obligation

station listed in JTR complement AP-PQ-02 at hyperlink: 

https:(slash)(slash)www.journey.dod.mil/Portals/119/Documents/JTR/Sup

plements/pet_allowance_locations.pdf. This authority grew to become 

efficient November 25, 2024.  Requests for Secretarial Process for 

this complement could also be submitted through AA Form with supporting 

documentation and command endorsement to CMC (M&RA, MPO-40) through 

SMB_HQMC_MPO@USMC.MIL for consideration.

8.b.2.  Transportation of a Pet to or from an Alternate Location or 

a Designated Place Effective 1 April 2025

8.b.2.a. Alternate Location. Transportation of a pet to an alternate 

location could also be licensed if a member with or with out dependents 

owns a pet and receives PCS orders to a PDS the place Government 

quarters guidelines prohibit the possession of a pet, a specific breed 

that the Service member owns is prohibited from being transported to 

the brand new PDS, or airline coverage prohibits the transportation of the 

pet on account of breed or different components. Transportation of the pet from 

the alternate location could also be licensed upon the member’s receipt 

of recent PCS orders. Transportation of a pet to an alternate location 

could also be licensed within the case of a member’s dying.

8.b.2.b. Designated Place. Transportation of a pet could also be licensed 

to accompany dependents to a delegated place when a Service member 

receives PCS orders to serve an unaccompanied or dependent 

restricted tour, or to an task specified as unusually arduous 

sea obligation, or within the case of an early return of dependents at 

Government expense. Transportation of the pet from the designated

place could also be licensed upon the member’s receipt of recent PCS orders.

8.b.3. The authorities contracted AMC-PE rotator flights provide a

discounted charge (starting from 125 {dollars} to 375 {dollars} relying 

on pet weight) to move pets. However, the variety of pet areas 

per flight may be very restricted. The most weight allowed for a 

mixed pet and kennel is 150 kilos, which can’t be waived. 

Marines are answerable for acquiring a certified kennel/service

bolted with metallic nuts/bolts that gives enough air flow and 

ample area for protected pet motion. Soft-sided pet kennels / 

carriers could also be accepted for in-cabin motion solely. See the AMC Pet 

Travel Information Page at 

https:(slash)(slash)www.amc.af.mil/AMC-Travel-Site/

AMC-Pet-Travel-Page/ then click on on AMC Pet Pamphlet 20 October 2023 

or later date when up to date on the web site.

8.c. Emotional Support Animals and Service Animals. Emotional 

help animals present consolation to folks with disabilities however are 

not particularly skilled to take action. As of January eleventh, 2021,

emotional help animals can now not fly within the cabin of an 

airplane free of charge.  Service animals are animals which have been 

skilled to assist somebody with a incapacity with a particular job. 

Service animals of any breed or dimension are permitted to fly within the 

cabin for free of charge, supplied they’re present on all required 

vaccinations and exhibit applicable habits throughout journey. A 

signed Statement of Assurance for Service Animals from the member is 

required no later than 48 hours previous to the plane departure.  

This doc will be discovered at 

https:(slash)(slash) 

www.amc.af.mil/AMC-Travel-Site/AMC-Pet-Travel-Page and deciding on the 

Statement of Assurance for Service Animals hyperlink.

8.d. Other Options for Moving Pets. Marines ought to analysis all 

strategies as early as doable to pick out the general finest 

transportation strategies for his or her pets, together with quarantine 

necessities and prices (Germany, Hawaii, Japan, South Korea and 

Guam). Options embody companies supplied by recurrently scheduled 

industrial airways, and devoted pet relocation companies. 

Regardless of the tactic, all pets touring to or coming back from 

OCONUS require a well being certificates from a licensed veterinarian. 

The animal well being screening course of might embody a number of visits to 

the veterinarian, a quarantine interval, and photographs which can take at 

least six months previous to the anticipated journey date to finish. The

following web site offers useful data and pointers to 

contemplate when touring with a pet adopted by direct hyperlinks to every 

of the City Pair Program’s collaborating airline service’s pet and 

service animal coverage:  


s-pov-rates-etc/airfare-rates-city-pair-program/airline-pet-policy>. 

Contact your PTO for added steerage.

8.e. Non-Availability. If Government transportation is directed, however

not accessible, the traveler should present an announcement from the DMO or 

ITO that Government transportation will not be accessible. When touring 

by POV, similar to to or from Alaska, a non-availability assertion is 

not required.

9. Keys to Success. Early counseling, planning, preparation, 

flexibility, communication, and command help are the keys to 

executing a profitable PCS transfer and particularly throughout this 

difficult peak season.  

10. Release licensed by MajGen Jason G. Woodworth, Assistant 

Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics (Facilities).//