DLA FOR RESERVE MEMBERS COMING ON LONG-TERM ACTIVE DUTY
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:11:00 -0600
By YNCM Michael Snyder, COMDT (CG-1222)
During the short period of time that I have been assigned to Commandant (CG-1222) as the CG Travel Specialist there have been many cases where reserve members coming on long-term (greater than 180 days) Active Duty (AD) (e.g. ADOS-AC, ADOS-RC, ADT, EAD) have been authorized and advanced DLA without when they either have no dependents or their dependents did not relocate in connection with their PCS. Per JFTR, par. U5630-C1, DLA is NOT authorized from home or from Place Which Called/Ordered to AD (PLEAD) to the first PDS unless the dependents actually move from the member's residence to the PDS or designated place in connection with the PCS (if the dependents do not relocate to the new PDS, or the member has no dependents, DLA is NOT authorized from home or PLEAD to the first PDS). This regulation not only applies to new reserve members, but also to reserve members with multiple years in service (both reserve and AD time) ordered PCS on a long-term AD order.
Definition of PLEAD: The place of acceptance in current enlistment, commission, or appointment of an active Service member, or of an Reserve Component (RC) member when enlisted, commissioned or appointed for immediate AD. In the case of an RC member who is not enlisted, commissioned, or appointed for immediate AD, the place to which an order to AD is addressed (this would include members with multiple years of service who are not required to reenlist to PCS on a long-term AD order).
For example: A reserve YN1 with three dependents is ordered PCS on a long-term AD order, his current drilling PDS is CGD Seven (Miami, FL) and the new PDS where he will be on long-term AD is CG HQ (Washington, DC) (No Gov't Quarters), he has a PCS entitlement and elects not to relocate his dependents to Washington, DC, there would NOT be an entitlement to DLA without because this would be considered his first PDS during this period of AD. However, if he elected to move his dependents to Washington, DC in connection with the PCS, there would be entitlement to DLA with. In either case, per JFTR, par. U5630-C2, there would NOT be an entitlement to DLA with or without when he (with or without dependents) receives a PCS order back to his home or PLEAD upon completion of the long-term AD.
If in the above example the member did not relocate his dependents to Washington, DC (meaning there was no DLA entitlement) and received another long-term AD order (back-to-back with no break in AD Service) from CG HQ to CG Airsta Clearwater, FL (No Gov't Quarters), he would have a PCS entitlement to include DLA without from Washington, DC to Clearwater, FL and would be entitled to DLA with if his dependents relocated from Miami, FL to Clearwater, FL. He would be entitled to DLA without even if he did not move his dependents because CG Airsta Clearwater, FL would be considered his second PDS during this AD period without a break in AD Service.
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