Posted on Jul 31, 2020
How to get reimbursed while working at a non DoD entity?
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A few Soldiers and myself are helping out with Operation Warp Speed at a local blood bank. We were voluntold to help out which is fine because we have no in-house work commencing at the moment. My problem lies in whether we can get reimbursed for medical scrubs we purchased. Leadership told us to wear business casual but when you are working around blood donors, you don’t want their blood on your actual decent clothes you spent decent money on. 99% of the local workforce is in medical scrubs, why not blend in? After some digging around we found multiple DoD directives and memos in regards to working “on loan” to outside entities. After providing this information to our leadership they basically told us no way Jose.
*note: one of the Soldiers found out the local Guard unit has scrubs we could have had for free if we just made a call.
*note: one of the Soldiers found out the local Guard unit has scrubs we could have had for free if we just made a call.
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It's all going to come down to whether or not you were required to wear scrubs. If you were told business casual was acceptable and you chose to wear scrubs rather than risk getting blood on your clothes then, unfortunately,that is on you. The Army is going to look at it from the viewpoint of they are not going to reimburse you for the cost of something you were not required to have.
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I talked with our phlebotomy trainer at the site today about uniforms. She brought out a company policy that states while performing phlebotomy and in the donor processing center, all employees are to wear scrubs. Also, they are telling us to treat this as a deployment. When we send our troops overseas for a deployment they get adequate training and all their equipment. We got a two day notice of this mission and no one did their homework and asked all the necessary questions before sending us in.
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Good luck getting reimbursed... As an alternative, have you looked into being authorized Civilian Clothing Allowance? If your duty is at least 15 days or longer within a 30 day period then Civilian Clothing Allowance can be authorized.
DoD FMR Volume 7A, Chapter 29
290503. Civilian Clothing Allowances for Officers and Enlisted Personnel. In addition to any other clothing allowance authorized, Service members (officer or enlisted) directed by competent authority to dress in civilian clothing more than half the time when performing official duty, as a military requirement, may be authorized a civilian clothing allowance. In accordance with 37 U.S.C. § 419, an officer is authorized a civilian clothing allowance only if his or her permanent duty station is outside the United States. During any period in which an enlisted member is on an assignment requiring the wear of civilian clothing, the applicable replacement allowance for uniform items continues to accrue. The Service Secretary or the Commandant of the Marine Corps may prescribe reduced civilian clothing allowances, as appropriate for their respective Service, for personnel serving under conditions where the full authorized civilian clothing allowances in Table 29-9 are not required.
DoD FMR Volume 7A, Chapter 29
290503. Civilian Clothing Allowances for Officers and Enlisted Personnel. In addition to any other clothing allowance authorized, Service members (officer or enlisted) directed by competent authority to dress in civilian clothing more than half the time when performing official duty, as a military requirement, may be authorized a civilian clothing allowance. In accordance with 37 U.S.C. § 419, an officer is authorized a civilian clothing allowance only if his or her permanent duty station is outside the United States. During any period in which an enlisted member is on an assignment requiring the wear of civilian clothing, the applicable replacement allowance for uniform items continues to accrue. The Service Secretary or the Commandant of the Marine Corps may prescribe reduced civilian clothing allowances, as appropriate for their respective Service, for personnel serving under conditions where the full authorized civilian clothing allowances in Table 29-9 are not required.
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You have to fights.
A. Does your command eventually think it is mandatory to have scrubs.
B. If the command thinks A is true, what mechanisms do they have to reimburse you?
A. Does your command eventually think it is mandatory to have scrubs.
B. If the command thinks A is true, what mechanisms do they have to reimburse you?
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