EAS,Driving home...What do I rate?

[GoodTimeBadTime]

I'm currently deployed and am trying to do my finances for my last few months in the Corps. I'm tring to figure out how much money one recieves for driving back home upon ones EAS. I know it has somthing to do with the milage/weight of your vehicle. I can't find any kind of rates on the internet and my S-1 keeps saying they'll find out and let me know...but they never do. I also realize that this is probably covered in Seps/Taps but I won't be able to take those classes until I get back and I want to plan now while I have an abundance of free time.

Thanks in advance!

[manilalaguna29]

Hopefully this link will help you.

http://www.usmc.mil/news/publication...W%20CH%201.pdf

[manilalaguna29]

Also get a hold of a pay clerk and ask what the current rate of per diem and mileage are.

[BR34]

I got a class on everything you rate when you EAS saved to my other computer. I'll look up the info and post it on here later.

I think it's .16 cent per mile for mileage. And something like 106 dollars a day per diem. Your spouse gets 75% per diem and each dependent under 12 gets 50%. You rate 400 miles the first day and 350 for additional days, so unless you're driving to Alaska the max you're probably going to rate is like 5 days.

That's just from memory though, I'll double check later.

[BR34]

Alright, as far as travel pay is concerned you're going to rate the following.

-.17 cent per mile on each POV.
-Per diem is 116 per day. Each dependent over 12 gets 75% of that rate (87.00 dollars). Dependents under 12 get 50% of the full rate (58.00). The amount of days you rate is determined by how far you're driving to your home of record from your duty location.
-You also rate to sell back any leave remaining, though I recommend taking terminal leave because then those days won't be taxed and you'll receive BAH during that leave.
-And of course you get your last pay check.

[Vandrel]

The amount of days you rate is determined by how far you're driving to your home of record from your duty location.

It's calculated by your destination as per what you have put on your papers at SEPS when you are finalizing your DD214. If your home of record is NY but you are moving to WA and have a valid postal address there then you can have that address put down and disbursing and TMO will go off of that.

As far as money goes, your disbursing money to cover your travel home won't come to you in advance, you get reimbursed after you made it there. When you check out of disbursing they will give you a travel claim sheet that you have up to 1 year from your departure date to fill out and send back to them. You must provide all receipts pertaining to costs and prove you arrived where you said you were supposed to and when. Once they get all of that in the mail then they kick you a reimbursment payment for what expenses you actually rate to be covered for.

When you go through SEPS and TAPS class they will specifically tell you do not try and fake the funk by putting Alaska or some far off state that you are not even going to just to try and get money for it, if you get caught it's a **** storm you don't want to deal with. As long as you have a valid address and you are infact going there and can provide proof of expenses during travel then you are good to go.

All the TMO info you'll get when you check out of TMO, they'll have you sit through a little class, give you the ins and outs and then set you up with whatever you are doing, ditty move, etc.

The most important thing you should worry about when you get back is getting over to the VA office on base and getting your claims in

[gwamo1]

Everyone thinks their always going to get money out of the government by doing the moves themself. Sometimes it works out, most time you break dead even.

[Quinbo]

Terminal Leave is taxed except for the days earned in combat. It is still the best way to go. Selling back leave you get your base pay after taxes and that is it. Terminal you get everything you were getting while in uniform.

[Vandrel]

Unless you have a spouse, multiple vehicles that get 30 mpg and you and your spouse leave on different days then you can make some money. If you have a child that's of the age to drive and also leaves on a seperate day then they rate their own expenses in terms of gas, etc. That's about the only way you'll make money off of it all. More so it'll be enough to break even as you mentioned.

I didn't leave the base when I got out so I just threw my travel claim paper in the trash. No need for me to try and scam $200-$300 when I still work on the same base as a civilian

Terminal Leave is taxed except for the days earned in combat. It is still the best way to go. Selling back leave you get your base pay after taxes and that is it. Terminal you get everything you were getting while in uniform.

Yup and best thing is if you have over 30 days, sell back the difference and take 30 days terminal, try to have a job lined up while you are on terminal so you can bank double paychecks plus the payment you get on your EAS date for your leave you sold back along with your final pay.

I made over $10,000 the last month I was on contract between final pay, leave sold back, terminal leave and my new job's pay.

[gungygal48]

let me clarify - if you are doing a normal EAS (not retiring) you only rate the mileage and per diem to your Home of Record (HOR). That is the place from which you enlisted and is listed on your official paperwork.

Example -

you enlisted in Raleigh NC where you were born and raised. Your last duty station was Camp Lejeune NC. You decide you want to EAS to Los Angeles CA.

The Government will pay you not to exceed what it would have cost for you to travel to Raleigh NC. Any excess cost will be your responsibility.

[BR34]

It's calculated by your destination as per what you have put on your papers at SEPS when you are finalizing your DD214. If your home of record is NY but you are moving to WA and have a valid postal address there then you can have that address put down and disbursing and TMO will go off of that.

Hmm...nah, I don't think so. If you spent 4 years paying (or not paying, depending on the state) state taxes for NY then suddenly tell them you're moving to WA you're still going to get paid based on what you would have rated had you gone back to NY. You can go wherever you want, but once you reach the mileage limit from your duty station to NY your travel entitlements will stop.

[WXSgt]

http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/per...aqpovpast.html

this website will have everything you need treat your move as a regular PCS move.

[Vandrel]

Just posting what I went through when I got out and what I was told, I heard both sides and actually sat down to do the paperwork to find out it was option B not A. Handful of buddies that got out when I did were paid for where they went, not HOR.

[BR34]

Just posting what I went through when I got out and what I was told, I heard both sides and actually sat down to do the paperwork to find out it was option B not A. Handful of buddies that got out when I did were paid for where they went, not HOR.

They probably went somewhere cheaper than their HOR would have been.

[GoodTimeBadTime]

Thank you all for the information! The links/info you posted should keep me bust tonight.