FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY MANUAL

Section V:
TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL COSTS
075180 COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING
OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND PRIVATELY OWNED
VEHICLES
1. SCOPE.
This paragraph delineates financial responsibility for costs incurred in the
transportation and handling of household goods of military and civilian
personnel and the transportation and handling of privately owned motor
vehicles of military personnel of the Department of the Navy (DON).
2. DEFINITIONS
a. Organizational Component.
As used herein, the term "organizational component" includes offices,
commands, and headquarters of the Department of the Navy exercising
command over shore activities.
b. Transportation.
The term "transportation" as used herein includes shipment and
storage incident to shipment.
c. Handling.
The term "handling" as used herein includes packing, unpacking, and
uncrating; loading and unloading; local hauling; and storage not
incident to shipment.
d. Local Moves.
The term "local moves" as used herein encompasses the handling
associated with the assignment, reassignment, or termination of
assignment of quarters but does not involve a permanent change of
station or temporary additional duty. It excludes authorized moves
from Government quarters to temporary residences in the vicinity of
the last permanent duty station of members who are entitled to
shipment to home of selection, as these moves are related to a
permanent change of station.
e. Military Personnel.
The term “military personnel” as used herein includes military
personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps.
f. Civilian Personnel.
The term "civilian personnel" as used herein is limited to DON civilian
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