Is there regulatory guidance regarding the entitlement of the $5.00 per diem during time spent at JRTC or NTC rotation?

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:50:45 -0400

I've received the $5.00 per diem rate for an NTC rotation in the past, so there's precedence for my inquiry. Unfortunately, we traveled without an authorization in DTS under the pretense that we'd be a part of a group authorization which hasn't seemed to materialize. I wouldn't care as much about it if they offered free laundry service there, but they don't. I don't think Soldiers should have to pay $3.00 to wash a load of laundry without a means to recoup that cost, and since the $5.00 per diem rate was implemented in part to replace incidental costs, to include laundry, it seems like something we should be entitled to.

Specifically interested in specific references in the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) or Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) regulations.

Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any information you're able to provide.

Response by SGM Bill Johnson made Jul 28 at 2018 9:13 AM

SGM Bill Johnson — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 09:13:40 -0400

I wasn't aware that going to the field for an exercise was now a TDY trip. Things change, I got that, but I never got extra pay when going to the field. Actually, they used to take our separate rations away and give us a meal card so we lost money. Wash your clothes in a bucket dude. If $3.00 breaks your bank you might want to look at your finances closer and see where you are wasting funds.