What happens when you receive a PCS report date during deployment?

2019-02-16T10:10:49-05:00

My SO is deployed. He just received PCS orders with a report date in the middle of this deployment. I was curious to know if anyone had experience with a situation similar to this. Will his deployment be essentially cut short? Will he be able to fly back home to help get affairs in order before PCSing? Are there any resources/offices on post that could help me with these questions? I need to start booking flights/hotels ASAP so any info that could help me construct a rough timeline is appreciated. Our next duty station is OCONUS, for reference.

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Feb 16 at 2019 11:07 AM

2019-02-16T11:07:00-05:00

They will either schedule him to redeploy early in order to complete the PCS process or push his report date back if the unit is under stop-loss orders.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 16 at 2019 11:33 AM

2019-02-16T11:33:55-05:00

The first question is, is he really deployed, or just gone somewhere? When a unit deploys for combat operations a Stop Move code with an end date is placed on the Soldier to prevent this kind of thing from happening.
If he is just away on TDY or training his unit will have to fly him back with enough time to clear, or request a deferment for him.
If he requested the assignment through reenlistment his career counselor can make the adjustment and it's fairly quick, otherwise it's on the human resources section to make the deferment request.

There isn't anything you can do in regards to booking travel, your spouse needs to attend a levy brief, turn in a levy packet, and receive the physical copy of their orders in order to book travel.

The OCONUS PCS time-line is honestly too lengthy for me to type here. However, as a spouse you are allowed to attend the PCS Levy brief where everything is explained. Most posts have a copy of the brief on their levy or reassignments website. You can also contact the ACS at your post and they will help with most of the information. You need about 90 days to successfully PCS OCONUS. Also, all the lodging is supposed to be booked with their travel card and all the tickets must be procured through travel by the member, so please do not get a jump start on those or you may spend thousand of dollars that you will not be reimbursed for.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Feb 16 at 2019 12:45 PM

2019-02-16T12:45:49-05:00

Something isn't right. Normal circumstances- when a unit is preparing for or deployed, the personnel actions for school/unit assignment is frozen till after their return. Deployment can only be changed by DA, not branch, His Branch should have gotten notification of his deployment. Hell State Dept blocked on of my BN's from deploying to OP Urgent Fury cause they were prepping for MFO deployment in the Sinai.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 19 at 2019 8:03 PM

2019-02-19T20:03:20-05:00

Your SO will redeploy and begin out-processing. The guidance I’ve witnessed is 30 days prior for a CONUS-CONUS PCS, 60 days prior for a OCONUS PCS, 90 days prior for an ETS. The Army is transitioning from the ARFORGEN model to the SRM.