Policies and Procedures Concerning Travel Orders to Class "A" Schools of Less Than 20 Weeks

entitlements, and the procedure, with regard to order preparation, that all units shall follow

when counseling members and preparing orders to class "A" schools of less than 20 weeks.

DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. The information contained herein shall be incorporated into

COMDTINST M4600 (series), CG Supplement to the JFTR, scheduled for publication by

the fall of 1989. This manual, when published, will replace COMDTINST M4600.12

(series), CG Travel Manual.

DISCUSSION. In 1983, the Coast Guard departed from the policy of issuing PCS/TEMDU

orders to all members ordered to class "A" schools of less than 20 weeks. Since that time,

pay and travel entitlement issues and order preparation procedures have been less than clear

in the minds of those responsible for counseling travelers and preparing travel orders. The

intent of this instruction is to state clearly all possible pay and travel entitlements and to

provide detailed procedures for order preparation purposes.

ENTITLEMENT POLICIES.

GENERAL. There are two basic types of travel orders -- PERMANENT and

TEMPORARY. The official definitions can be found in the Joint Federal Travel

Regulations (JFTR), Appendix A.