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What info is there if I am moving for the first time across country being in the USMC?
We live on Camp Pendleton & have never moved since we've been married. We are moving by mid November. Are there any website with checklists to follow before moving, or any advice or information I need to know about moving, to stay organized, and/or to make sure it goes as smoothly as possible. Something else that we need to know is about bringing our pets. -Thanks- We live on Camp Pendleton now & have never moved since we've been married. We are moving away from CP by mid November. Are there any website with checklists to follow before moving, or any advice or information I need to know about moving, to stay organized, and/or to make sure it goes as smoothly as possible. Something else that we need to know is about bringing our pets. -Thanks-
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- He should be able to get a transfer package, this should have a map of the base, list of contacts, list of allowed things along with base restrictions. Also you could have him talk to his detailer. The Detailers job is to handle all these things. PS You have a 99% chance of keeping your pets if you are going state side and 50-50 if going over seas.
- Your base transportation office will be able to answer any questions you have. Being retired military (Army) whenever I got my orders for another duty station, I would bring my orders to the transportation office, set up a date for the movers (1 day packing and 1 day loading). You have to figure out what items you are going to take with you. If you are staying in the States, then it is much easier than planning for an overseas trip. Also, in the Army, I had a sponsor at the post I was going to that would provide me with information about the new post, how to contact him or her when we arrived. All my moves went very well.
- You should be getting all that information from the base; used to be called A Household Effects Section that handled that but the name might have changed. The military will set up the movement of Household effects and it will be a civilian moving company which will provide you all the forms you will need. Everything will be inventoried tagged and sealed and you given a copy of it; when you get to where you are going and are ready for it they will deliver it and you use the copy of the inventory as a checklist to make sure you have everything. I did it numerous times in the service and never had any major problems-did it twice since I retired and really about the same problem and more of a hassle then when in.
- Here is a link for a PCS guide. It is an army guide, but go to the last 10 pages, and it has a really helpful guide for moving. It is kind of a checklist of what to do when you are moving, and when you should start doing certain things. I think it will be helpful for you, too! Best of luck to you! http://www.detrick.army.mil/wellbeing/familyReadiness/acs/frp/pcsguide.pdf
- I know if you have usaa they could send you out a nice package with all kinds of informations, if not try your family services. And maybe call the base you are headed to about the pets.
- being a military wife myself this is our 3rd PCS move, there was an appointment at TMO, the peopel who move you, they have a small clas and will go over all of the info needed and if you decide to have them move your stuff a date will be set close to the date of moving and the movers will pack and ship your belongings to the next duty station. as for pets, you should be able to bring them, and if there is housing available, you might want to check to make sure about the pet policy.
- im not sure how the marines work but i do know that with the army i went through a 2 hr breifing about how to move and ship things its verry hepfull but verry boring as well we moved from texas to germany they give you a book on what you need to do and check lists and the works youll be ok you are told that the movers will pack your things but i suggest packing your own things up so youll know where they are some movers are lazy and careless as well and they dotn care how its packed i got a bunch of ruber maid containers and labeled them and packed them up with my last name and what room it goes in it really depends on where your moving with pets but i do believe that animals have to be up to date with there shots and be chiped with an animal passport if your moving over seas or your flying to your destination the airports require it is still a good idea to do so even if you are not incase you do move overseas if over seas your animal will have to do a 3 to 6 week coritine if not though you dont have to worry too much
- I recently made the same move myself (April). The best source of info will be the Military One Source website. There is also a 1-800 phone number for you to call. Also, go to the usmc.mil website and look under the units icon. You can access the base page from there and check things out. You are welcome to email me and ask any questions. If I don't know the answer I'm sure I can find it for you. You will love it here. The weather is nice and the people are too. It's a lot less crowded than Pendleton, but it has most of the same things available. Housing is iffy, depending on rank. Pets shouldn't be a problem, but if you email me I can recommend a couple of places to kennel them until you decide on housing. When we moved we had to kennel ours for 10 days until we got housing.
