Posted on Mar 7, 2020
Going to a resident course for 3 months in TX from WA. What are my options to get my car there?
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You are authorized one day of travel for TDY. You would normally fly there and not be authorized a rental car unless specified by the course or voluntarily paid for by the unit.
If you choose to drive your car, one day will be TDY and the rest you will have to take leave for. Since one driving day is 350 mile and it stands to reason if you are a 68E your TDY is probably Fort Sam Houston, then at 2100 miles, that's 6 days of travel. So, you would have to come out 12 days of leave for their and back for your TDY, plus you would only be reimbursed for the price of the plane ticket there and back. Also, your command doesn't have to authorize you to travel that distance by vehicle. A prudent commander would probably conclude that a young SPC traveling 2100 miles would not stick to the 350 miles per day max and stop each day at a hotel and get full 8 hours of sleep, thereby becoming a high risk Soldier.
If you choose to drive your car, one day will be TDY and the rest you will have to take leave for. Since one driving day is 350 mile and it stands to reason if you are a 68E your TDY is probably Fort Sam Houston, then at 2100 miles, that's 6 days of travel. So, you would have to come out 12 days of leave for their and back for your TDY, plus you would only be reimbursed for the price of the plane ticket there and back. Also, your command doesn't have to authorize you to travel that distance by vehicle. A prudent commander would probably conclude that a young SPC traveling 2100 miles would not stick to the 350 miles per day max and stop each day at a hotel and get full 8 hours of sleep, thereby becoming a high risk Soldier.
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Thanks for breaking it down for me. I resubmitted my funding request with rental car expense. It probably won't get approved but never hurt asking. Worst case scenario, just break my little piggy bank.
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SPC (Join to see) you really shouldn't need a rental. There will be other people with vehicles and your class should be close to your housing. But if you're a baller E4 go for it.
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It's an ASI producing school. I haven't seen and no one has mentioned an order for it yet.
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It should be in your orders pertaining whether or not your car is included.
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