Dla?

[MotoMarine]

Ok so I am just trying to get set straight on the DLA issue. I did a search and came up empty handed. TMO came to TBS and said that for us to get DLA (dislocation allowance), we have to check in and there has to be no availible BOQ rooms. Our orders say that we are 'authorized' DLA, but it seems like we don't know that we will 'rate' it per say until we check in and see room availibility. Some people took advance DLA at the risk of having to pay it back, so how's it working out for most people right now?
I have a place to live and am signing a lease in 1 week, so am looking for advice on how to get this $.
Thanks in advance.

 

[bennett4362]

dla is a pcs entitlement that you are guaranteed (once per fiscal year) regardless.

there's another pcs entitlement, tle, that you can get for up to 10 days. that would be based on availability of boq.


check this out:
http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5892

 

[Steve Wilkins]

dla is a pcs entitlement that you are guaranteed (once per fiscal year) regardless.

Yes and no. Yes, it is a PCS entitlement. But if you choose to live in the Q (single people) or base housing (married folks), DLA is not an option.

there's another pcs entitlement, tle, that you can get for up to 10 days. that would be based on availability of boq.

The requirement for unavailability of the BOQ to get TLE does not apply to married folks.

 

[bennett4362]

Yes and no. Yes, it is a PCS entitlement. But if you choose to live in the Q (single people) or base housing (married folks), DLA is not an option.

The requirement for unavailability of the BOQ to get TLE does not apply to married folks.

yep, that's right.

 

[bennett4362]

here's another brief pcs entitlements overview

 

[MotoMarine]

But if you choose to live in the Q (single people) or base housing (married folks), DLA is not an option.


The requirement for unavailability of the BOQ to get TLE does not apply to married folks.

Ok this is helping... so it seems like you can get DLA reguardless if you choose to live off base. It is not contingent on the availibility of the BOQ rooms like TLE?
In a nutshell I am cleared hot to this money whether or not there are BOQ rooms availible?!

Again, thanks.

 

[trvsmrtn]

You're not entitled to DLA if you live in government quarters at your permanent duty station. For instance, if you get advance DLA before going to API, you can live in the Q during API without having to repay the DLA, but if you live in the Q when you get to Primary, you'll have to repay it. A safe way to handle it if you're still not sure, is to not request an advance. If you're entitled to it when you get to your permanent duty station, they will pay it to you when you submit your travel claim.

 

[bennett4362]

so long as you don't move into/live in government quarters

 

[MotoMarine]

Roger, thanks.

 

[Steve Wilkins]

so long as you don't move into/live in government quarters

Not true, you can live in the Q, but there is a time limit after which DLA is no longer authorized (if you took the advance, the navy will be getting it back).

 

[bennett4362]

if you choose to live in the Q (single people) or base housing (married folks), DLA is not an option.

so based on the following quote, the preceding quote is not entirely true?

Not true, you can live in the Q, but there is a time limit after which DLA is no longer authorized (if you took the advance, the navy will be getting it back).

 

[LSUMarine]

You're not entitled to DLA if you live in government quarters at your permanent duty station. For instance, if you get advance DLA before going to API, you can live in the Q during API without having to repay the DLA, but if you live in the Q when you get to Primary, you'll have to repay it. A safe way to handle it if you're still not sure, is to not request an advance. If you're entitled to it when you get to your permanent duty station, they will pay it to you when you submit your travel claim.

Marines actually PCS from TBS to API. I would strongly suggest not taking the advance because if they make you stay in the Q, (which I would suggest if you are moving on to Corpus after API) you will have to repay it and it is never a good idea to let them F*** with your pay. If you are going on to Corpus after API, you will get the DLA then. If you are staying for Whiting, I would try to go on and get your place out in town and collect DLA with your travel claim.

 

[trvsmrtn]

As I said, it depends on where you live at your PDS (Permanent Duty Station) which is primary for pretty much everyone. If you live in government quarters (Q or Base Housing) when you arrive at your PDS, then you are NOT entitled to DLA at all.

I'll use myself as an example to hopefully help everyone understand. I am going to go through API and Primary as a geo-bach. I took advanced single DLA (~$1500) before reporting to API. While at API, I live in the Q, and I don't have to pay the money back because API isn't my PDS. When I go to Primary, if I live in the Q, then I will have to pay back the DLA.

Keep in mind that only one DLA payment is authorized per fiscal year, so don't count on getting a DLA payment when you go to Pensacola and then another if you go to Corpus, even if your follow on orders to Milton get changed. They can make a second DLA payment but PSD has to do a message called a SECNAVFIND to request to be able to make that second DLA payment and I don't know how often those requests are approved.

 

[trvsmrtn]

Marines actually PCS from TBS to API. I would strongly suggest not taking the advance because if they make you stay in the Q, (which I would suggest if you are moving on to Corpus after API) you will have to repay it and it is never a good idea to let them F*** with your pay. If you are going on to Corpus after API, you will get the DLA then. If you are staying for Whiting, I would try to go on and get your place out in town and collect DLA with your travel claim.

There's a difference between PCS and PDS. API is only 6 weeks and it's technically a temdu duty station. They screw with the accounting codes for some married guys, but for everyone else, it's a PCS to a TEMDU duty station. All the services use the same pay manuals, so we're all entitled to the same things. Marines are entitled to that DLA, I just don't know when you'll be offered it. When you get to API, because it's a TEMDU station, if you live in the Q, they have no justification to take the money back because you're still authorized that money for your PCS move. But when you get to Corpus, if you live in govt quarters, you lose that entitlement because Corpus is your PDS.

 

[TurnandBurn55]

Alright, here's a question... let's say I get my orders to report to Oceana before I've quite closed my mortgage. Can I live in the Q until I've gotten all the t's crossed and i's dotted, and still hold onto DLA?