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B-213696 1 (1984-04-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlqk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: /Yf~q4)U THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OP THE UNITED ETATES WASHINQTON. 0.C. 20540 FILE: B-213696 DATE: April 10, 1984 MATTER OF: Sergeant Major James L. Abraham DIGEST: When a service member transferred from a permanent duty assignment in Hawaii to a duty assignment in California, his dependents remained in the vicinity of his old duty station. After 1 year he was transferred to duty in Okinawa, a restricted area where his dependents could not join him. Station allowances on account of his dependents are not payable since the dependents' continuing residence in Hawaii was a matter of per- sonal choice and not the result of the member's assignment to Okinawa. May a service member whose dependents were moved at Government expense to Hawaii during his assignment at that location and continued to reside there after he was assigned to a permanent duty station in the United States be paid station allowances upon his subsequent reassignment to a permanent duty station in a restricted area outside the United States?1 There is no authority for payment of station allowances on account of the dependents since the dependents' residence in Hawaii was a matter of personal choice not the result of the member's duty assignment. Sergeant Major James L. Abraham was transferred from a duty assignment in Hawaii to the 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, El Toro, California. His dependents could have traveled with him to this assignment. However, his dependents remained in Hawaii when he was ordered to El Toro. After 1 year, he was reassigned to the Marine Corps Air Station in Okinawa. This was an unaccompanied tour and his dependents were precluded from joining him. Station allowances for Hawaii were not authorized while he was at El Toro since the dependents remained in Hawaii at their own election. 1 The Disbursing Officer, 3D Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, submitted this request for a decision and it has been assigned control number 83-20 by the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee.

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