DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 
AFBCMR 98-02640 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF 

Under the authority of Section 1552, Title 10, United States Code and AFI 36-2603, and 

having assured compliance with the provisions of the above regulation, the decision of the Air 
Force Board for Correction of Military Records is announced, and it is directed that: 

cords of the Department of the Air Force relatin 
corrected to show that her Date Arrived Statio 
er than 3 1 August 1998 

DONNA PITTENGER 
Chief Examiner 
Air Force Board for Correction 
of Military Records 

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

WASHINGTON, D .C. 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 
AFBCMR 98-02640 

MEMORANDUM OF CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION BEFORE THE AFBCMR 

SUBJECT: 

Having carefilly reviewed this application, we agree with the recommendation of the Air 
Force and adopt the rationale expressed as the basis for our decision that the applicant has been 
the victim of either an error or an injustice.  Therefore, under the authority delegated in AFI 36- 
2603, the applicant’s records will be corrected as set forth in the accompanying Memorandum for 
the Chief of Staff signed by the Executive Director or his designee. 

Panel Chair 

Attachment 
Ltr, AFPCDPAPP3, dtd 28 Sep 98, w/atchs 

28 September 1998 

MEMORANDUM FOR AFBCMR 

FROM:  HQ AEPCDPAPP3 

550 C Street West, Ste 32 
Randolph AFB TX 781 50-4734 

Record (DD Form 149,21 Sep 98) 

is requesting her date arrived stati 
hange of station (PCS) fr 

August 1998 to 24 August 1998. 

Basis for Request:  Prior to 

art date of 8 August 1998, she was 

informed that she would be required to return t 
Movement Working Group between 26 and 28 August 1998. Arrangements were made to fulfill 
this commitment; however, the arrangements resulted in her being denied appropriate TDY 
reimbursement. 

o attend the Global Patient 

Background:  Member states she was TDY when her projected departure date of 

8 August 1998 was established.  Upon her return to her permanent duty station (PDS) and prior 
to her PCS departure date, she was informed that she would be required to return TDY for a 
working group.  Rather than change member’s  PDD and RNLTD, the MPF erroneously 
amended member’s PCS orders to reflect TDY en route.  Member d 
8 August 1998 and proceeded to her new permanent duty station ar 
signature on the attached DD Form 1840 (Atch 1) confirms that she was in the area of her new 
permanent duty on 13 August 1998, the date her household goods were delivered. 

on 

to your permane 
ith TDY en route 

refore, member could not 
AFI 36-2 1 10,20 July 

1994, paragraph 2.1.4 1. (Atch 2) and its predecessor, AFR 39- 1 1 , 20 July 1989 (Atch 3), clearly 
reflect Air Force policy on when a PCS is consummatedcompleted.  If a member arrives in the 
local area of the base to which they are being assigned PCS, whether or not the member signs in, 
the PCS has been completed.  Therefore, the PCS consummated prior to member’s required 

ce the member never physically signed in to her new unit before going TDY t 
it is recommended that member’s DAS be established as 24 August 1998--the 

or 

to her official TDY travel date.  This date also supports member’s official duty status of leave 
while in the local area receiving her household goods and setting up her new residience. 

Recommendation: Appro 

24 August 1998. 

s request to have her DAS changed to 

DAVID R. FARIS 
Deputy, PCS BudgedAsgn Analysis Sec 
Directorate of Assignments 

3 Attachments: 
1.  DD Form 1840 
2.  AFI 36-21 10 excerpt 
3.  AFR 39-1 1 excerpt 

RUTHORlTY : 

The requested information IS solicited pursuant to one or more of the IoIloNIng. 5  d 5.C 
301,31 U S  C. 3721 et seq .31 U.S.C. 371 1 et seq.. and EO 93g7  Y3vembEr  '943 {SSh 

PRlNClpLE PURPOSE($): The information lequesled IS lo be used in ewaludlrng cldirns 
ROUTIMEJJSE~S): 

The information requested is used in the settlement of claims for  loss  damage or 
destruction of  persona! property and recovery from liable third partles 

-_.. 

- 

- 

1 

I 

... 

-1 O.CODE OFSERVICE - 11 1, SCAC  9 2 
SECTION 8 - RECORD OF t' 
. 

. . .  

~ 

NTR  REF  NO 

13. Notice is hereby giv€n lo lhe carri€(:conlracior lo whom this 6 l a l C ~ m  
r n  :c  .., 'r .r  -~ -  -;!. 
the daiin. if any. will'be made tor  SCich  ioSS'Or damage as indicated SubjCCI io tunl;er  ans3ec!:or.  xc! -to!  ! ~ 2 :  
z ? ,  !c 
DD Form 1840R found'on the reverse side hereof. THE VALUE INDICATED IN BLOCK lac IS TO BE USED FOR OUALITY CONTROL ONLY 

is i u r r e n d c r c d  that the s~iomtnt 'wa:.  teCeik,Qd in condillon as g r , $ ~ r !  b€lo*f, 
 

- -   -  7 ,

: 3  - E  

_-..-_ 

..... 

_. ........... 
.

 

. . . . . . .  

.
.. 

---- 

_._- 

- .. 

. . . . . . . . . . . .  

..- ......... 
I---,-.&. 
- -- spplluMsand etgn below) 
16. ACKNOWLEDGMENT 81 HEHeER OR 4GENT  (X and complete as 
___- 
a.  I RECEIVED MY PROPERTV IN APPARENT 0000 CONDITIOH EXCEPT AS INDlCkTED 

REPRESENTATIVE ( x  ana comDlrk 8s dopiicaDlc d'il rlgn B ~ I O W ,  

1 5. 4CKNOWLEDGEMENT BY CARRIER'YCONTRACTOR'S 

-- 

--  

.- 

-. 

a 

-a.  PROPERTY WAS DELIVERED IN APPARENTLY  GOOD 
CONDITION EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE NOTED ABOVE - 

ABOVE. A CONTINUA~~N SH  t (x ONE) 
n  d l  
-  I 

IWAS 

~ y \ I W A S N O T U S E D  

b.  U N & $ C K I N ~ ~ R E ~ ~ O V A L  

OF PACKING MATERIAL  BOLES  CARTONS .. AND 

-  OTHER DEBRIS 

I  WILL INITIATE  TRACER  ACTION FOR MISSING :TEtdS 

b 

Provious editiuns ace obso 

. 

.._I 

I. 

. 

18 

When 

individual  voluntarily  waives 

the 

Flying.  technical  training  or  other  school 

2.1.29.  PCS  Notification  and  Orders  in  Hand  Mini- 
mums.  Select people for PdS so they will have at least 90 
calendar days notice before RNLTD and orders in hand 60 
days  before  PDD.  You may  waive  these  requirements 
when mission essential.  Advise the MPF when doing so. 
Do not apply these minimums to the following: 
2.1.29.1. 
graduate or eliminee. 
2.1.29.2.  Approved self-initiated reassignment requests. 
2.1.29.3.  PCS upon enlistment (including former officers 
upon enlistment), or upon accession. 
2.1.29.4.  Training or education when  necessary to avoid 
wasting a quota. 
2.1.29.5.  Humanitarian or EFMP reassignments. 
2.1.29.6.  Assignments requiring SCI access. 
2.1.29.7.  Low-cost and permissive PCS. 
2.1.29.8. 
requirements. 
2.1.29.9.  Surplus to requirements. 
2.1.29.10.  PALACE FUSE assignments (airmen). 
2.1.29.1  1.  OS returnees. 
2.1.29.1  2.  Colonels (including selectees). 
2.1.30.  Assignment  Recommendations.  Not  require 
recommendations  for  assignments  or  selection  boards 
higher than  an officer's  senior rater,  or an  airman's  wing 
commander, or equivalent. 
2.1.31.  Mandatory Utilization Requirements (Officers) 
and Controlled Duty Assignments (Airmen).  Not select 
people  to perform  duty out  of  their mandatory utilization 
field  (officers)  or  controlled  duty  assignment  AFS 
(airmen). 
2.1.31.1.  Get approval for assignments out of the officer's 
mandatory utilization  AFS from HQ  AFMPUDPMRIP2. 
This  does  not  apply  to  PME.  AFIT,  UT. or Operation 
Bootstrap assignments. 
2.1.3  1.2.  Get approval for assignments out of  an airman's 
controlled 
duty 
from  HQ 
AFMPUDPMRIPI. 
2.1.32.  Officers  Assigned  in  Washington  D.C.  Not 
assign  officers consecutively to the Washington  DC area 
(see  attachment  1)  without  a  2  year  intervening period 
outside  the  Washington  DC area.  Process  waivers  as 
follows: 
2.1.32.1.  Secretary of  Defense approves waivers  for  the 
Joint Staff of  the JCS. 
2.1.32.2.  SAFIMIM  approves waivers for  the  executlve 
department of the Air Force. 
2.1.32.3.  HQ  AFMPCYDPMR  approves  waivers  for  all 
others. 
2.1.33.  Completing  Minimum Stabilized Tours.  Con- 
sider requests for PCS of people  who complete minimum 
stabilized  tours as exceptions ahead  of  normal  availables 
the 
when 
reassignment . 
2.1.34. 
officers for Joint Duty Assignment (see attachment 1). 

Joint  Duty  Assignments  (JDA).  Nominate 

the  commander  and  MAJCOM  support 

assignment 

AFS 

AFI 36-2110  20 July 1994 

Section B--Post-Selection Procedures 

for  release 

2.1.35.  Release of  Airmen  From  Voluntary  OS  PCS. 
Consider  requests 
from  voluntary  OS 
assignments if  you  can replace the  person with  an eligible 
volunteer and maintain the RIVLTD  and training schedule. 
For disapproved requests, do not  change the  selection to 
nonvolunteer. 
2.1.36.  Consecutive  Assignment  to High  TDY  Units. 
Approve or disapprove requests to change or cancel PCSs 
for  airmen  to  consecutive  assignments  requiring  179 
calendar days or more TDY per year. 
2.1.37. 
Sensitive  Compartmented  Information  (SCI) 
Eligibility  Determination.  Approve requests allowing  a 
person  to  proceed  PCS  without  an  SCI  eligibility 
determination.  Do  this  if  the  gaining base  can  use  the 
person permanently in a position not requiring SCI access. 
If  the  gaining  base  can't  use  the  person,  change  the 
RNLTD, end location, or cancel the assignment. 
2.1.38.  Pregnant  Civilian  Spouse.  Adjust  RNLTDs 
when  a  person's  civilian  spouse  is  pregnant  and  the 
expected delivery date is within 6 weeks of the RNLTD. 
2.1.39.  Cancellation  of PCS.  Not  normally cancel  an 
assignment within 60 calendar days of the PDD because of 
the potential hardship to the individual.  If  you cancel an 
assignment within this time frame and  the  member has  a 
hardship.  consider reinstatement of  the  assignment  if  the 
original station can effectively use the member, consider an 
alternate assignment, or tell the MPF why the member must 
remain at the present location. 
TDY  "Hold"  Status.  Ask  HQ  AFMPU 
2.1.40. 
DPMRIP1 to put a person in TDY "hold" status for official 
reasons  when  the  person  is en route between  losing and 
gaimng  locations.  Direct  the  appropnate  order-issuing 
authority  to  amend  PCS  orders and  place  the  person  in 
TDY hold  status for a  specified number  of  days  (not  to 
exceed  30  calendar  days).  and  extend  the  FWLTD  if 
required.  Include PCS fund cite information.  Notify the 
MPF  at  the  nearest  base  of  the  person's  presence  for 
administrative purposes.  Provide  appropriate assignment 
instructions when resolved. 
2.1.41.  Diversion En Route.  Divert an individual who is 
en route PCS for urgent manning requirements if  no other 
reasonable alternative exists.  Use the date of the change of 
assignment compared to the member's travel status on that 
date.  If  you  change  the  end  locatlon  before  the  person 
anives in the local area, then the PCS IS a continuation.  If 
you change the end location after the person arrives in the 
local area, then you'll  have to direct a new PCS. 
2.1.42.  Refusing a  PCS ADSC (Non Career Officers). 
Cancel  assignments  without  prejudice  on  noncareer 
officers  who  do  not  get  the  retainability  for  the  PCS 
ADSC.  You may assign the officer to any assignment that 
they  have  retainability  for  or  obtain  a  waiver  of 
retainability . 

.

 

I

28 

4 

AFR 39-1 1 

20 July  1989 

(a)  Airmen chosen as oversea volunteers are 
diverted only in the same country and between bases 
with the same tour length. 

(b)  Airmen chosen as oversea nonvolunteers 
are diverted only in the same theater between units 
with the same oversea selection criteria. 

(c)  If dependents have been authorized con- 
current  travel, approval of the HQ  AFMPC  OPR 
(table 1-21 must be obtained before diversion of the 
airman is effected to a location where concurrent 
travel is not authorized. 

(d)  When  the  losing  CBPO gets  approval 
notification from the HQ AFMPC OPR to divert an 
airman  who  is  en  route  overseas  and  the  losing 
CBPO does not have sufficient time to issue diver- 
sion orders, the losing CBPO gives the appropriate 
CONUS port CBPO the following information by 
message. 

I.  Number of  original  special order and 

any amendments. 

2.  Headquarters that published the order. 
3.  Date of order. 
4.  Original unit member is being assigned 

to overseas. 

5.  PDD. 
6.  RNLTD. 
7.  If concurrent travel was approved, the 

8.  Unit  to  which  member  is  being  di- 

authority for approval. 

verted. 

9.  Member’s leave address. 

(6) Oversea returnees who have received one 
of their eight stated choices (excluding areas) in the 
oversea-returnee match process are not diverted to a 
CONUS-isolated station (attachment 4) unless ap- 
proved by HQ AFMPC/DPMRA. 

(7) Whether a previously directed PCS is con- 
tinued, or a new PCS required, is based on when the 
change of assignment is approved compared to the 
member’s travel status on that date. Once a member 
arrives in the local area of the base to which assigned 
(and  travel  in  conjunction  with  PCS  has  been 
completed), whether or not the member has signed 
in, and at that  time a  decision is made to  further 
reassign the member, then a new PCS is required. 
When  a  second PCS in  a  fiscal year  is involved, 
follow  procedures  in  paragraph  3- 11.  Intent  to 
move or not to move dependents, or not to claim 
DLA, is not a factor.  A PCS cannot be continued, 
nor  can  a  PCS order  be  amended  to change  the 
permanent duty station after the RNLTD.  In either 
case, a new PCS is required. 

(8) To divert a  member (change end assign- 
ment en route), the losing CBPO (or the assignment 
authority  may  take  the  action)  must  notify  the 

member  while  still  e n   route  of  the  change  in 
assignment  using  the  procedure  in  d(2)  above. 
When the member cannot be notified en route, the 
losing  CBPO  will  inform  the  HQ  AFMPC  OPR 
(table 1 -2), with information to the original gaining 
CBPO  and  MAJCOM.  The  HQ  AFMPC  OPR 
(table 1-2) will consider the member’s status and the 
requirement and may cancel the change, or confirm 
the change, and direct the original gaining CBPO to 
issue  amended  PCS  orders  continuing  the  PCS. 
When the airman arrives, he or she is given copies of 
the orders directing PCS be continued. If the airman 
claims a hardship will be incurred by PCS continua- 
tion, the chief CBPO or representative  will deter- 
mine the details of the hardship claimed and advise 
the  HQ  AFMPC  OPR  (table  1-2)  and  request 
disposition instructions. Because of the potential for 
excessive PCS costs and hardship to the member, the 
HQ AFMPC OPR (table 1-2) will direct continua- 
tion when manning requirements clearly justify such 
action.  Include the following in  the continuation 
orders:  “This is a continuation of  original assign- 
ment  from (previous permanent duty  station) and 
airman  may  be entitled to an  additional DLA  as 
authorized by the JFTR.” 

e.  PCS Cancellation. Once an airman is commit- 
ted  for PCS assignment and PCS orders are pub- 
lished, cancellation of the assignment could cause a 
personal hardship on the airman concerned. For this 
reason, a PCS assignment  should not be canceled 
within the 60 calendar day period before the estab- 
lished PDD unless the airman cannot be effectively 
used  at the projected base of assignment due to a 
change  in  requirements  or  programmed  actions. 
Cancellation of PCS assignments is worked by the 
control agency (table  1-1)  or AFMPC only.  The 
following  actions  are  taken  on  receipt  of  PCS 
assignment cancellation: 

(1)  Airman Has Not Departed Losing Station. 
The  CBPO  advises of  the  cancellation in  the 48 
hours after receipt of the notification and determines 
if  a  personal  hardship is  imposed.  If  a  personal 
hardship is  imposed, the  CBPO gets  a  statement 
from the airman  acknowledging cancellation will 
cause a personal hardship.  The statement is signed 
and dated by the airman and is kept in the airman’s 
assignment relocation folder.  If  cancellation will 
result in a personal hardship, then take the following 
actions: 

(a)  The CBPO tells the control agency or 
AFMPC,  as  appropriate,  the  name,  grade,  SSN, 
CAFSC,  AAN,  CONUS and  oversea  assignment 
preferences, and personal hardship caused as a result 
of PCS assignment cancellation. 

(b)  The control agency or AFMPC, as appro-