The time is growing near for me and the wife to prepare to move from sunny Florida to sweaty Texas.
I have a TON of questions. I've perused the required reading and old topics for some of the answers. None were specific to my move.
1) I was told API check-out is that Friday of week 6, and check-in to the new duty station is the following Monday. Is this true for Corpus?
2) Are the single members' orders PCS or TEMDUINST from API -> Primary? How about you married types? (will my orders show my wife on them so the nav can move her gear?)
3) Those of you that left that BOQ to head to your new locality. How much time did you give the BOQ office before you left? Did you need to get that done prior to checking out of the base, if at all? (Did you physically have to leave the BOQ in order to check out?)
4) Who do I talk to about partial/DITY moves and getting reimbursed for it? Both my wife and I have our HHG in government storage (she was just discharged from active duty and the gov is holding her stuff here in P'cola) and will have the government forward it to Corpus. I will, however, be taking a UHaul with stuff I've accumulated here.
5) DLA - PSD HERE said they don't do advance DLA because Corpus doesn't want to do the extra paperwork. How do I go about getting it when I get there? Also, any firsthand experience at CC would be awesome.
6) Advance pay. How does it work exactly? Can I get it here, or do I have to wait to file a travel claim?
As you can tell, I'm not a prior E. So go easy gents.
-Squid
I have a TON of questions. I've perused the required reading and old topics for some of the answers. None were specific to my move.
1) I was told API check-out is that Friday of week 6, and check-in to the new duty station is the following Monday. Is this true for Corpus?
2) Are the single members' orders PCS or TEMDUINST from API -> Primary? How about you married types? (will my orders show my wife on them so the nav can move her gear?)
3) Those of you that left that BOQ to head to your new locality. How much time did you give the BOQ office before you left? Did you need to get that done prior to checking out of the base, if at all? (Did you physically have to leave the BOQ in order to check out?)
4) Who do I talk to about partial/DITY moves and getting reimbursed for it? Both my wife and I have our HHG in government storage (she was just discharged from active duty and the gov is holding her stuff here in P'cola) and will have the government forward it to Corpus. I will, however, be taking a UHaul with stuff I've accumulated here.
5) DLA - PSD HERE said they don't do advance DLA because Corpus doesn't want to do the extra paperwork. How do I go about getting it when I get there? Also, any firsthand experience at CC would be awesome.
6) Advance pay. How does it work exactly? Can I get it here, or do I have to wait to file a travel claim?
As you can tell, I'm not a prior E. So go easy gents.
-Squid