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B-197401 1 (1980-06-11)

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                            THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
    DECISION              . OF  THE   UNITED STATES
                            WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548




    FILE: B-197401                DATE:  June 11, 1980

    MATTER  OF:  Linda A. Montz, Second Lieutenant, USAR


    DIGEST: Member living with her dependents in Hawaii,
            who is ordered to active duty in Hawaii with
            temporary duty en route in Texas is not
            entitled to dependent travel at Government
            expense from her home of record in California
            to which dependents traveled at personal
            expense on receipt of the orders, back to
            Hawaii, notwithstanding amendment to the
            orders authorizing such travel, since the
            place from which she was ordered to active
            duty is the same as her first permanent duty
            station.  See 1 JTR para. M7053.

     The issue is whether Lind A. Montz, Second Lieutenant,
U.S. Army Reserve, is entitled to.transportation for Ihe-r
dependents at Government expense incident to being ordered
to perfor  active duty in the same general area as where
she received her orders to active duty. For the following
reasons Lieutenant Montz is not entitled to transportation
of her dependeqts at Government expense.

     This question was presented by a Finance and Accounting
Officer, Headquarters United States Army Support Command,
Hawaii, and was assigned PDTATAC Control No. 80-3, by the
Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee.

     By orders dated April 4, 1979, Lieutenant Montz was
ordered to active duty and was assigned to Tripler Army
Medical Center, Manalua, Hawaii. The orders also stated
that she was to perform temporary duty en route to the
medical center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, for a period
of approximately 6 weeks.

     At the time she received her orders for active duty
she was living with her husband, a Navy member, and her
children in Navy Government quarters.in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
Upon receipt of her orders Lieutenant Montz and her
dependents traveled from Hawaii to El Segundo, California,
her home of record. The dependents traveled at personal

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