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. . WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548
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FILE: B-186377 DATE:
MATTER OF: Sergeant , USAF
DIGEST: Where member had household goods packed
and placed in storage 1-1/2 months prior
to issusnce of separation orders and does
not have official statement required by
1 JTh, paragraph M8017 that he was
advised in advance that such orders would
be forthcoming, his claim for the expense.
of such storage and transportation charges
may not be allowed.
This action is in response to a letter dated March 16, 1976
(reference ACF), from Captain J. R. Williams, USAF, Accounting and
Finance Officer, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas 78236, requesting
an advance decision as to the propriety of making payment on a
voucher in the amount of $472.53 representing expenses incident
to storage and moving of household goods incurred prior to issu-
___ ance of separation orders in the -case of Sergeant
- USAF. The -request has .been. assigned Control
_'No. 76-11 by the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance
Committee, and forwarded to this Office by the Coumittee's first
endorsement dated April 22, 1976.
The submission indicates that on October 27, 1975,
Sergeant then stationed at Lackland Air orce Base,
personally arranged for 4,700 poumds of his household goods to be
packed and placed in storage at San Antonio, Texas, It is indicated
that Sergeant took this action in order to facilitate the
sale of his home prior to separation from the service which was to
take place on February 3, 1976. Apparently pursuant to
Sergeant instructions, on December 18, 1975, the house-
hold goods were removed from storage and transported to Hewitt,
Texas, where they arrived on December 20, 1975.. The total cost
* for storage *and moving came to $754..83.
Meanwhile, it was not until December 12, 1975, that
Sergeant separation orders were issued. His claim
for storage and moving costs, submitted to the Lackland Air
Force Base, Accounting and Fina4Oe Office, on December 22,
1975, was allowed to the extent of $282.30, representing
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