FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY MANUAL

udget responsibility of the Military Personnel, Navy or the Military
Personnel, Marine Corps appropriation, as appropriate, except for the per
diem costs which are payable to a member while at a school for instruction
of less than 20 weeks duration. Such per diem costs will be budgeted in
the Operation and Maintenance, Navy or the Operation and Maintenance,
Marine Corps appropriation, as appropriate.
c. Precommissioning Nucleus Crew Travel. Precommissioning nucleus
crew travel and transportation costs associated with training included in
the Navy Training Plan (NTP) are the funding responsibility of the Chief
of Naval Personnel. This assignment of responsibility includes travel for
training purposes as may be performed incident to permanent change-ofstation
orders or that performed under authority of temporary additional
duty orders. The Fleet Commander to whom the ship prospective
commanding officer reports for duty pending commissioning is
responsible for the funding of training travel not included in the NTP.
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075185 TRANSPORTATION WHILE IN A LEAVE STATUS
1. CIRCUMSTANCES. Under certain circumstances, transportation at
government expense is authorized for military members who are in a leave
status. In the Department of the Navy (DON), these circumstances include
overseas emergency leave, travel to a federal medical facility in the event of
illness or accident, travel during ship overhaul or inactivations away from
home port, travel associated with relocation of a ship while the member is on
leave or liberty, and travel associated with cancellation of leave due to
contingency operations.
2. BUDGET POLICY
a. Emergency Leave. When emergency leave that is granted to members
requires travel outside the continental limits of the United States, the
overseas segments of transportation are chargeable to appropriated funds.
This travel, designated in orders as funded emergency leave, is on either a
space-required basis on Military Airlift Command (MAC) flights or
commercial transportation when MAC is not readily available. For
members assigned to duty within the DON, funded emergency leave
transportation costs are chargeable to the operating budget that supports
the temporary additional duty (TAD) travel of the ship, station or unit to
which the member is assigned for duty. For members assigned to
activities operating under Navy Working Capital Fund procedures, these
leave costs are chargeable to military support resources. For members
assigned to duty outside DON, funded emergency leave transportation
costs are chargeable, as applicable, to:
(1) Military Assistance appropriation when members are assigned to
duty in Security Assistance Program billets in overseas Military
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