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B-194499 1 (1979-10-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqlx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B- 194499 MATTER OF: DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20540 DATE: October 31, 1979 Service members not in a travel status incurred personal expenses incident to their military duties during a snowstorm and seek reimbursement. The entitlement of members of the aimed services to be so reimbursed for expenses incident to their military service is contained in title 37, United States Code. In the absence of specific authorization, there is no legal basis upon which this Office may authorize reimbursemenL. This action is in response to a letter dated March 2S, 1979, with enclosures, from the Chief, Financial Policy and Accounting Division, Defense Intelligence Agency, requesting an advance cecision as to the propriety of making payment on vouchers in favor of Colonel , and Lieutenant Colonel , representing reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by them as military members on February 19, 1979, as a result of a snowstorm. This submission states that Colonel , who was attached to the Defense Intelligence Agency not in a travel status reported to his duty station at the National Military Intelligence Center, the Pentagon, on February 18, 1979, for duty. Early in the morning of February 19, Colonel ' relief arrived and advised him of the snowstorm, suggesting that it was nearly impossible for anyone to leave or report to work that day. After going outside and assessing the situation himself, Colonel and his team chief, Lieutenant Colonel , both of whom were scheduled to be off duty for 5 days after completing that shift, decided to go to the nearby Marriott Motel for rest, with the idea in mind to be available to return to the Center for another tour of duty if the scheduled reliefs for the afternoon of the 19th were unable to arrive. It is reported that Colonel called the Center later that day and learned that neither the afternoon nor the night

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