The White Falcon - 21.06.1974, Side 2

What to do when your household goods don’t come
The carrier delivering your
household goods may not deliver
them on the agreed date when you
return to the States from duty
here.
This may mean that you could
be forced to live in a hotel or
motel until they are actually de-
livered.
The Military Traffic Manage-
ment and Terminal Service (MTMTS)
advises that most carriers honor
claims for out-of-pocket expenses
which result from the carrier's
failure to deliver on time.
Therefore, you may have an Incon-
venience Claim against the car-
rier.
The carrier may reimburse you
on expenses such as hotel/motel
What does a
Probably everyone who has got-
ten the word that he or she is to
sponsor a new man or woman has
asked himself that.
Here's how the sponsorship
system operates: When orders on
an incoming person are received,
the personnel office notifies the
department the individual will
probably be assigned to. The de-
partment then names a man (or
woman) of comparable rate or rank
to be his sponsor.
A welcoming letter giving the
sponsor's address is sent to the
new man, with a copy going to the
sponsor.
Now it's up to the sponsor to
let the man know what to look
forward to at his new duty sta-
tion.
If the new man has dependents
and wants to bring them to Ice-
land concurrently, the sponsor
can help by arranging for off-
base housing and a take-off quo-
ta in advance. Naturally, he
should only do this with the new-
costs, portions of your food
costs (usually 50 per cent),
laundry expenses, and rental of
extra beds, cribs, and other
items for sleeping, eating and
required comfort which you paid
for during the period between the
promised delivery date and the
actual delivery date.
Receipts for these expenses
will be required by the carrier
when you apply for reimbursement.
There is nothing m the gov-
ernment's present contract with
the carriers requiring that they
pay these costs. Such claims,
however, if substantiated» are
usually paid.
The Transportation Officer,
Legal Assistance Officer, or
sponsor do?
comer's approval. When he has
completed any arrangements of
that type the sponsor should no-
tify the personnel office so the
concurrent travel request can be
approved.
Finally, when the newcomer ar-
rives , his sponsor should meet
him at the personnel office (at
the air terminal if he's an offi-
cer) and help him get checked in
and oriented.
It all boils down to giving
the new man or woman the same
kind of assistance you'd like to
have.
Births Announced
A daughter, Jennifer Diane,
was born to Robert and Deborah
Wethington June 2. Jennifer,
whose father is stationed at the
Marine Barracks here, was bom in
Culver Hospital in Indiana.
A daughter, Lynn Marie, was
bom to Gary and Diane Maas June
11.
The White Falcon
Captain J. H. McDonald Lieutenant L. R. Dertch JOC W. J. Thomat
commanding officer public affaire officer information chief
Editor—J02 Von Soriano Assistant Editor—J03 Gary Grady
Sports Editor—SN Jean Frosch Photographer—PH2 John Schreiner
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claims office at the delivery
point can assist you in preparing
this claim which you file direct-
ly with the carrier's home of-
fice .
If your inconvenience claim is
denied, you should contact the
delivering Transportation Officer
for further assistance.
DOD raises
mileage allowance £
Military members traveling b^^'
privately owned vehicles (POV) on
either a permanent change of sta-
tion (PCS) or temporary duty sta-
tion (TDY) will receive an in-
creased mileage allowance begin-
ning July 1 as a result of a De-
partment of Defense decision.
The increase will pay members
eight cents per mile instead of
six for a PCS move. In additior^^
a sponsor will receive sev^^^
cents a mile for dependents over
12 years of age on a PCS move.
The present rate is six. The
present rate for dependents 2-
11 years old is three cents per
mile. The new rate will increase
that payment by one-half cent.
There will be no limit as
the total amount of payment
member can receive for his depi
dents on a PCS move under the
policy, as opposed to the present
18 cents a mile limit.
Members traveling by POV on
TDY status after July 1 will rec-
eive seven cents per mile, com-
pared to the present five cents
per mile standard. The current
rate for TDY travel by POV,
it is more advantageous t(
government, will remain in
feet. (AFPS)
Women's enlistment
age lowered
A bill, establishing the same
age requirements for men and wom-
en who enlist in the armed forces
has been signed into law by Pres-
ident Richard M. Nixon.
The law states that both men
and women 17 years of age may en-
list with parental consent, and
at age 18 without parental con-
sent.
Until the bill was signed, the
law allowed only men to enlist at
age 17 with parental consent.
Women could only enlist at age 18
and needed parental consent until
the age of 21.
when
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