What's your biggest PCS headache?

CH (MAJ) William Beaver — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:07:42 -0400

PCSing can be fun, exciting, and exhausting. It can also be a headache. What is your biggest complaint about PCS moves?

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Jun 30 at 2015 7:10 PM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:10:41 -0400

Reestablishing your kitchen & bathrooms.

It always takes two trips to figure out what food is and isn't in the house.

The first trip to the commissary gets all the normal food.

The second trip involves buying things like Salt, Vegetable Oil, Spices, and all the stupid little things like Plungers, etc, which you don't take with you.

Response by LTC Yinon Weiss made Jun 30 at 2015 7:18 PM

LTC Yinon Weiss — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:18:29 -0400

Having your nice stuff broken by movers and trying to deal with it afterwards.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 30 at 2015 7:48 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:48:55 -0400

God bless my wife. she was always the "S-1" in charge of Admin. Making sure we were organized, all the paper work was in one place. (Orders, moving inventories, maps etc). The "S-2" recon and Intel of the new post. (Are we living on post or off post. What's the area like.) "S-3" plans and ops, (What steps are needed to clear post, housing, provost marshall for vehicle registration, is everything ready.) And finally, the "S-4" is everything organized for the movers, food and snacks for the kids, and everything else that goes with the supply chain. Yes, PCSing can be fun, for everyone except the "chief of staff", she never complained, always made the move "stress free" knowing that every 24 months it was going to start again. God bless my wife.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 30 at 2015 8:44 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 20:44:16 -0400

The throw of the dice that is the final out inspection for base housing.

I finally just started going to the housing office and hiring one of the "cleaning services" they recommended......amazing how I never had to fix or pay for anything again.......probably just a coincidence......did make you go hmmmmm sometimes especially when out processing overseas and they all had same last name.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jun 30 at 2015 11:56 PM

PO1 John Miller — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 23:56:46 -0400

Having to wait at your house all day because the time frame the movers give you is anywhere between 0800 and 2000.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 1 at 2015 12:01 AM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:01:45 -0400

Where do I start? Broken or damaged stuff, The A-pain of trying to get reimbursed for the DITY....

Response by LTC Jason Strickland made Aug 6 at 2015 6:50 PM

LTC Jason Strickland — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:50:24 -0400

Just so you're aware, there is a new app that should help in the PCS process: Base Directory. Founded by a couple of vets, this may help in the process...
https://www.basedirectory.com