Household Goods

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As soon as you receive your permanent change of station orders, it’s important to begin scheduling your move. The Defense Personal Property System, or DPS, is the online system you can use to request and manage your household goods shipment(s). For more information and a DPS log in link, visit the Moving Your Personal Property page on MilitaryOneSource.mil.

Read Preparing for Your PCS Move to learn more about coordinating your shipment and review the Personal Property Quick Reference Guide for actions you can take to ensure a smooth move.

Learn more about Your OCONUS Move: Planning, Resources and Tips. Begin to plan what items will go in unaccompanied baggage, in your household goods shipment and in long-term, Non-Temporary Storage, or NTS, storage – check with your sponsor or overseas housing office to assist in determining what items to ship.

Moving with your pet includes researching airline requirements and quarantine restriction laws in your new location. Many airlines have requirements for size, weight, breed, number of animals, kennel construction, documentation and seasonal limitations. Small pets may be shipped on military flights, but availability and regulations frequently change. Contact your installation household goods/transportation office to request specific country instructions. Military OneSource can make your move easier with helpful tips, resources and hands-on information related to moving with pets and more.

Accompanied personnel (Command sponsored) assigned to United States Army Garrison Yongsan - Casey, are authorized half of the Joint Federal Travel Regulation weight allowance. Once you arrive in USAG-Yongsan, make a trip to the Transportation Office (Yongsan Movement Branch) in the Community Service Building (S4106) and USAG Casey in Maude Hall (Building 2440) to notify the agency of your arrival, current unit information and a local contact number. Inbound household goods typically take two to three months for arrival; Hold baggage usually takes 15-35 days; vehicle transportation around 60 days.

When you arrive in South Korea, you must coordinate for UB/HHG delivery:

• Log in to Defense Personal Property System and update your contact information: Korean cell phone number and verify email address.
• Once the UB/HHG is on-hand at the agent company's warehouse, the company will contact you by phone or email.
• When contacted, set up delivery appointment with the agent company directly.
• If you are not ready to receive your UB/HHG, the agent company will store your UB/HHG for 90 days at government expense.

If you need further assistance or additional storage, contact the installations transportation office.

• Pyongtaek: DSN 315-757-2455/2454
• Seoul: 315-756-3604/3608
• Tongduchon: 315-722-1308
• Daegu: 315-763-0715

Personal Property Processing Office will assist with:

• Manage the movement of personal property.
• Provide counseling to members on personal property shipping/storage entitlement and assist members in locating and schedule delivery of inbound personal property and freight shipment.
• Maintain all suspense and document files.
• Initiate tracer action on late shipments through the Personal Property Shipping Office  in Pyongtaek (Camp Humphreys).
• Perform quality control inspection; provide documentation to assist members in filing a claim for lost/damaged personal property and conduct claims verification inspections.

Pets – To find out breed restrictions for Korea, contact your state’s USDA state office. 

What to bring:

Plan your packing in five components

1. Hand carry – Pack passports, copies of orders, powers of attorney, medical, school and immunization records, pet documents, personal toilet articles, any essential medicine, and all identification cards. Bring your car seats, even if they are merely checked. To ride on post in personal vehicles or taxis, your children must be properly belted in. 

2. Baggage for the plane – What you include will be limited by the baggage weight limits, but the following are some suggested “essentials:” Current seasonal clothes and several pairs of comfortable shoes (you will do a lot of walking compared to what a typical American usually does). Remember to check your order and ensure that you get the over­seas baggage weight allowance with your PCS orders of two bags per person each bag weighing no more than 70 pounds. Seasonal “must haves” include: rain gear (umbrella and rain boots) during the summer months (monsoon season is no joke) and warm layers during the win­ter. Bring car seats (check booster seats) and if you use an umbrella stroller, check one as baggage.

3. Unaccompanied baggage (hold baggage) – Plan your hold baggage carefully. While Army Community Service Lending Closet can help you with some items until your shipment arrives.

Consider sending the following items in “hold baggage:"

• Kitchen and eating necessities (plates, utensils, pots, pans)
• Small appliances (can opener, toaster and coffee maker)
• Household supplies (vacuum)
• Shower curtain hooks
• Towels (bath and kitchen)
• Bed linens (extra long or sweatshirt material sheets are best, blankets and pillows)
• Clothing to span two seasons (rain gear for the summer monsoon season)
• Children’s items, particularly their favorite games and toys
• If you have a baby: crib, changing table, jogger stroller, etc.
• Computer equipment
• TV/DVD player and electronic accessories
• Small hand tools (hammer, screwdriver)

4. Household goods vs. storage – The government allows only a certain percentage of your total weight allowance to be shipped to Korea. The remainder of your items will need to be placed in storage at government expense. Weight allowances vary depending on branch of service and rank, so check with your personnel office, travel man­agement office or personal property office for the correct information. Army families are typically allowed to ship only 50% of the Joint Federal Travel Regulation-allowed weight allowance. Your household goods shipment may take several months, so you may want to consider sending this shipment early. Regardless of your weight allowance, think carefully when deciding what to ship. Bring the things that you cannot live without, but keep in mind that your life may become filled with “treasures” from Asia. Quarters are smaller than most stateside homes and some have minimal storage space; you can quickly find yourself overcrowded. Understand housing varies widely. 

Consider bringing the following items: 

• Room air cleaners and filters. (EXTREMELY necessary for those with breathing conditions and small children)
• Small tools
• Baby items – Furnishing Management Office (part of housing) DOES NOT have cribs, toddler bed, changing tables or any other baby furnishing item to loan. If you have a baby or are expecting – bring baby furniture in your household goods.
• Sports equipment (golf clubs, tennis equipment, ski gear and sports shoes for your children in the next size up)
• Sewing machine (have your machine serviced before you come and bring all essential accessories)
• If you bring a gas grill, be aware that you cannot ship your own tank (even purged). You can get propane tanks at the PX Mini-Mall.
• Rugs and carpets – Floors in quarters are linoleum over concrete, and they are cold. It is wise to bring your own carpets (and carpet padding) with you.
• Christmas and other holiday decorations are a must to bring. You may want to downsize the quantity due to size of your new living space.
• Pictures, books and decorative items that transform a house into a home. Be sure to include plenty of these because they are real morale boosters. You may want to consider leaving irreplaceable treasures in storage or with family members so pollutants will not damage them.
• Some type of entertainment center for your TV. (Check with hous­ing to see if one will be provided, it depends on where you live.)
• Planter boxes or pots – The self-help store has flowers, seeds, dirt, rocks, border materials and mulch available free of charge in the spring, but planters have to be purchased.
• Dehumidifier/humidifier – Dehumidifi­ers are issued at Burt’s Self-Help, but quantities are very limited.
• Slipcovers for standard size living room furniture. All the furniture is the same. Slipcovers change your home from others.
• Stepladder (small)
• Fans – some housing areas have ceiling fans, but many do not. Pedestal fans are available at the PX seasonally.
• Router for wireless internet – digital internet is available with many Voice over Internet Protocol options, but bring a wireless router to connect all your gizmos. 

Consider not bringing the following items:

• Large pieces of furniture, since housing provides basic household furniture.
• Large outdoor toys or play sets, because storage is an issue, and you may not have a downstairs housing unit to set up the item.
• China and crystal unless you routinely do formal entertaining.
• Major appliances such as a stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer (they are furnished by housing).

Planning the Household

Furniture – Accompanied military members are either entitled to full furniture transport (depending on branch of the military and/or rank) or 50% (half JFTR) furniture transport. If you are an accompanied military family living on post (whether you brought all or partial household goods), you are authorized full furniture support from the housing office. If you are an accompanied military family living off post only entitled to bring partial household goods support, you are authorized furniture support from the housing office for your entire tour. If you are entitled to bring full household good support and live off post, you are only authorized furniture support for six months. And finally, if you are a civilian family, you are only authorized six months furniture support because you automatically are entitled to full household goods shipment. Why is this important?  Read in the “What to bring” section to determine if you should bring certain items or put them in storage. 

More information can be found at https://www.militaryonesource.mil/benefits-resources/benefits/#moving-housing and https://8tharmy.korea.army.mil/site/newcomers/household-goods.asp