2008 Dislocation Allowance
Monday January 14, 2008
Military members may be entitled to a dislocation allowance (DLA) when relocating their household due to a PCS. DLA is intended to partially reimburse relocation expenses not otherwise reimbursed. It's not intended to reimburse all of the relocation expenses.
Here are the 2008 dislocation allowance rates, which became effective on Janary 1.
Here are the 2008 dislocation allowance rates, which became effective on Janary 1.
Comments
where are the rates?
Click on the article title. It will take you to the rates.
Sir,
I applied for DLA when I was in Korea (wife in the states), I returned to the States (same duty station as before) moved my family from off post to on post and got paid DLA, now about 8-9 months later they are saying that I am not authorized to get DLA on a PCS without dependents but technically I did PCS with dependents and they are trying to take the money back? Who is right? Maybe my orders did not say “With Dependents: Yes.”? could that be it?
Any time you are in a PCS situation, married or single, you are authorized DLA even if you are assigned to quarters on a military installation. A year tour in Korea is considered a PCS and you are eligible for DLA.
If you were in Korea without your dependents and returned to the same duty station, you only qualify for single rate DLA. Dependent rate DLA can only be claimed if you had an accompanied tour in Korea.
In addition to my last comment, dependent rate DLA can be claimed if you are on an unaccompanied short tour and are NOT returning the same duty station, requiring you to move your household.
My question is this: If I am on active duty and PCSd to a new location, without my active duty spouse, and have to establish a residence in another state–is my active duty spouse not entitled to a DLA also? I was PCSd to my captain’s course and then PCS’d again upon completion, requiring our households to be split. I only claimed DLA, but was thinking maybe he would be authorized also.
Afraid not. DLA is payment to (help) reimburse the cost of relocating a household. Your active duty spouse did not relocate a household, due to PCS orders (you did, not your spouse). Therefore, only you are entitled to DLA.
My spouse and I are a mil to mil couple stationed at the same OCONUS location and PCSing to the same CONUS location. Due to mission requirements we must PCS 1 month apart. Are we both eligible for DLA?
I PCS’d from Hawaii to New York and was told I could have DLA. Having read my AOP, it says that it was an advance rather than DLA. I will have to pay back the advance. How can I resolve this?
My spouse and I are both Active Duty military to military couple. One of us is Air Force and the other is Army. We were both stationed at the same CONUS location prior to our PCS and the same CONUS location after our PCS but my spouse reported to the unit 1 month prior to me due to out Report No Later Than Dates being different. I took leave enroute. Are we both eligible for DLA since we Reported to our new assignment a month apart?
I am PCSing to korea, and relocating my family for a year to another state, am I entitled DLA
I have a question about the DLA and Korea. I am in Korea on an unacompained tour and am living in Quarters at my duty station. I was given single rate DLA coming over here and now am being told I do not get it because I live in quarters and did not bring my family over. I have had expences coming over here.
If a ship did a homeport shift (in this case, east coast to an overseas location). Orders list it as report to east coast, detach overseas location.
My husband went alone and we stayed behind because it would not be worth the move since he was at the end of the tour.
Is he entitled to DLA?
thanks.
I am PCSing (WITH MY FAMILY) from Fort Hood, Texas to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. I am Active Army, and Finance is saying that I am getting the rate for Secondary DLA, why am I getting a rate for Secondary DLA, shouldn’t I be getting the Primary DLA rate if I’m PCSing with family?
The only reason you would be getting the secondary rate is if you have already recieved a DLA within the last year due to another move you may have made. You can only recieve one full DLA in a fiscal year.
If this is not the case, then you are right, you should get the FULL DLA payment, not secondary. Ask them to look up their own regulations and go above whoever’s head you have to.
if i am active duty mil, and my husband is active duty mil in the Air Force, and we are both PCSing at the same time to the same overseas location do we both recieve Dislocation Allowance’s