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PCSing can be fun, exciting, and exhausting. It can also be a headache. What is your biggest complaint about PCS moves?
PCS
Moving
Transportation
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 7
Having your nice stuff broken by movers and trying to deal with it afterwards.
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SFC Mark Merino
I moved once using the movers. NEVER again. Anything of worth was destroyed. After that I got really good at DITY. The cats moved so much that the oldest one got into the UHaul cab on his own.
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4 PCS moves in 7 years! I'm currently waiting for my HHG which is taking a month to be delivered
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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.
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.
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LTC Jason Mackay
I don't think we have ever finished a spice in 22 years. Hate switching the entire compliment of batteries in my household every other year. Also really hate paying deposits on propane tanks
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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.
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.
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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.
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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
https://www.basedirectory.com
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Where do I start? Broken or damaged stuff, The A-pain of trying to get reimbursed for the DITY....
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Having to wait at your house all day because the time frame the movers give you is anywhere between 0800 and 2000.
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