Can I report early if my orders state "report date: NLT date "?

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:41:39 -0400

No where on my orders says "early report authorized". The report date shown as NLT 10 AUG 2022. Can I report like 20 days early?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 23 at 2022 7:27 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 07:27:50 -0400

You can report up to 30 days early, but your DA31 must cover you to your report date.
If you're coming from OCONUS, there are DEROS rules that apply to when you can leave as well

Response by SSgt Christophe Murphy made Jun 23 at 2022 8:20 AM

SSgt Christophe Murphy — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:20:07 -0400

These are the questions you should be asking S1 when you are getting your orders and going through the checkout process. If you leave a unit and originally planned to take 30 days leave but want to cut it short and show up before your NLT that is fine. If you just want to use travel days and save your leave entirely that's possible too but you should be coordinating this with S1

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 23 at 2022 12:49 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:49:03 -0400

When I got to JBLM and tried to sign in 2 days before my report date, reception said I couldn't because nowhere on my orders did it say "early reporting is authorized." I got to JBLM like 3 weeks early because there was an opening for housing and then daycare as well and got that set up. I don't know if that was just a JBLM reception thing. I had to come back two days later (a Saturday) to sign in. I had taken 30 days of leave - like half of it at home and then half getting there early.

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 24 at 2022 3:53 PM

SCPO Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:53:57 -0400

So, NLT meaning "not later than"... Whenever your departing command wants to release you, you could report in to your new unit the next day if you wanted. If this is currently not the case in the Army then the Army needs to stop using NLT on it's orders.