Check-in Procedures

During a permanent change of station move, individuals should maintain important paperwork with them at all times to decrease the potential for loss or identity theft. Important documents include service member's service record, military identification cards, powers of attorney, PCS orders, travel documentation, travel receipts, marriage certificates, immunization records of children or pets, household goods inventory lists, credit card statements, tax records, Social Security cards, bank information, mortgages, vehicle information motor vehicle registration/certificate of title, driver’s licenses, bills, address book with information for the command sponsor, credit cards, a copy of the Record of Emergency Data and Dependency Application, or Proof of Dependents and any copies of family member medical records.

Family members traveling separately from the service member should maintain a copy of the service member's Record which lists Family Member Data and may also need a Power of Attorney.

When receipts and travel documents are submitted to the command or any military agency, the member or family member should maintain a copy for their own records. Keep your sponsor, quarterdeck and command ombudsman phone numbers with you at all times. It is imperative that you check in with your Command Pay and Personnel Administrator (CPPA) at your command as soon as possible and the Housing Service Center (HSC) within 72 hours of arrival. 

If you get married, have a newborn child, or adopt a child before you PCS, you MUST inform your chain of command and follow the procedures exactly as you are given them. If you do not follow the proper procedures the military WILL NOT grant your family members clearance to enter Guantanamo Bay and will not pay for travel and housing for your family members.

NAVSTA Military Check-in Process:

Required items:

• PCS orders and ORDMODS (if issued) for endorsement by Admin
• Update RED/DA and SGLI (customer service computers are available for use.  Admin will assist if needed).
• Travel voucher – Completed in NP2 by service member (customer service computers are available for use.  Admin will assist if needed).
• Itinerary
• Receipts: Rental car (gas if rental authorized), Hotel (laundry/meals are apart of your per diem), Taxi.
• BAH at dependent location. (No single BAH is authorized)
  Mortgage or lease agreement 
  Two bills
  PG 13
  NAVPERS 1070/602