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Quick question since my husband seems to keep forgetting to look into it. My husband got his job with DoDDS last year. Our son graduates high school in about 2 weeks and then will be returning to the states for college. We bought him a plane ticket home already (sending him and his dog on an Italian airline since it's much cheaper), but my question is are we able to ship any of his stuff home and get reimbursed? We don't need to ship furniture or anything, just mainly clothes and his computer, etc. that we would ship through the post office Or is this all out of our pocket? Just wondering. Thanks!
someday Your dependent should be authorized travel to and from school and 350 pounds for shipping according to this document. You need to request the travel orders.

http://www.dodea.edu/Europe/offices/hr/upload/hr_RequestTravelOrders.pdf and here is a link to another document within this that needs to be prepared.
May 29, 2017
HelpOthers However, I believe there are restrictions about which airlines to use (US based?) It is called education travel and should be able to find the details on the DoDEA website in the forms section I believe.
May 29, 2017
Couple of Questions Mary-Lorraine, that's why we bought his ticket ourselves. We know we won't get reimbursed for it, but for both son and dog, it's the most inexpensive (one way ticket from Naples to JFK just under $300, approx. $100 for the dog). That's also what we ended up using to get my husband and our two pets here last year. They wanted him to fly on Delta and...See More
May 29, 2017
HelpOthers NewinNaples That is very good information to have. If I do get the position in Japan, my husband will be joining us in November with our two dogs. I will see if there is a less expensive route for him and the dogs. I hadn't thought about this possibility.
May 29, 2017
Couple of Questions Oh, yeah, we would have been in trouble without doing it that way. We wouldn't have been able to afford bringing either pet with us. Summer embargoes can cause lots of problems too, and during that time, sometimes the only way to get your pets is to use a pet transporting company, which can get pricey. It didn't matter that we bought my husband's t...See More
May 29, 2017


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