So my husband has been in for 9 years, we were in Washington for 2 years and PCS’d here to Texas while my husband did a year in Korea. We’ve been here in Texas ever since due to compassionate reassignment for our sons heart surgeries. We’re finally waiting on hard orders to gtfo of here and I’m trying to figure it all out.
The first time we PCS’d we just let the Army do it since he was going one way and we were going another. This time we’re really wanting to do a PPM because the movers broke so much (most importantly a baby bed that had been in my family for 20 years🙃). Now things look WAY different for us since we’ve added two more kids and two dogs since our last move. I have a few questions and feel stupid asking anywhere else because I feel like I should know this already.
1.) Do you get an advance pay for the PPM? The thought of having to pay $3k or more out of pocket to rent a truck and even more for packing material to help move stresses me out a little.
2.) I’m hearing conflicting things about DLA. I’ve heard you don’t get advanced DLA or DLA at all if you have a GTC.
Can anyone help me out? I’d greatly appreciate it! 💚
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For 1, depends on whether your husband has a GTC. If he does, then he cannot get a PPM pay advance (see [AR 55-48, 5-6e](https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN36954-AR_55-48-000-WEB-1.pdf)), and instead he can put expenses on the GTC so you don’t have to come out of pocket ahead of time. If he doesn’t, he can get 60% of the PPM payment advanced (see [JTR 051502-G](https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jan/04/2002917147/-1/-1/0/JTR.PDF)).
For 2, you can get a DLA advance even if you have a GTC–see [DFAS](https://www.dfas.mil/militarymembers/travelpay/armypcs/advances/).