MTMC plans changes in service member moves
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (USTCNS) --- Changes are coming in the way the Military Traffic Management Command administers the moves of the nation's military service members.
"We are changing the processes that fundamentally affect how service members move," said Lt. Col. Patty Hunt, deputy chief of staff for Passenger and Personal Property.
"These changes go to the core of the way we conduct business. These, combined with lessons learned from our pilot experience, will represent a major difference in the future program and the automation to support that program."
On an annual basis, MTMC supervises more than 500,000 service member moves.
Much of this change could come as early as spring - in time for the busy summer surge.
Changes will come in two broad areas - faster deliveries and higher qualification standards to move personal property.
MTMC is decreasing the time allowed for the delivery of service members' personal property in international moves, said Richard Morrow, traffic management specialist.
"We're analyzing all channels and codes of service in an effort to identify opportunities to reduce transit times," said Morrow.
"This will represent changes - big and small - in the amount of time a service member has to wait for his or her property to arrive at the next duty location," said Morrow, a Norfolk-based U.S. Navy employee, who works at MTMC as part of a Transportation Professional Enhancement Program.
Across the board, the changes probably reflect a 15 percent, or higher, drop in time allowed for a mover to complete the personal property shipment, he said.
As an example, the current time allowed for the shipment of household goods for a service member at Fort Hood, Texas, being reassigned to Kaiserslautern, Germany is 66 days. The proposed changes would cut that time by 18 percent, or 54 days.
In a related initiative, MTMC is increasing the standards required to qualify as a Department of Defense personal property carrier.
"MTMC is seeking higher carrier qualification standards," said Sylvia Walker, traffic management specialist. "Each carrier must reapply under the new standard to remain an approved Department of Defense carrier."
The revised standards call for carriers to meet higher financial reporting and operating standards. These increased requirements will include an increased cargo liability insurance and maintenance of a performance bond for domestic moves.
These changes have been published in the Federal Register for public comment. The resulting changes will be in place by May.
These enhancements are not directly related to a quartet of moving pilots conducted in recent years, the results of which U.S. Transportation Command is in the process of tabulating.
(FROM MILITARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS)
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