The Military Personnel Division (MPD) Family Travel office assists Soldiers and Family members with the below listed functions. A request for an administrative action should be initiated by the Soldier and routed through his or her brigade or battalion S-1, or Personnel Office, and approved by the chain of command before being submitted to the Family Travel section for processing. Please note: depending on your device, you may not be able to edit the PDFs unless you download it to your device and then open in software vs. opening it in the browser.
Command Sponsorship
Dependent Student Travel
Dependent Student Travel authorizes the Soldier one Government funded round trip per fiscal year (1 October to 30 September) for his or her dependent student between the student's school and the sponsor’s duty station or other such location to meet the Family for vacation, not to exceed the cost to the PDS.
Additionally, maximum of 350 pounds of unaccompanied baggage (UB) may be transported in connection with dependent student travel. Baggage may only be shipped when the transportation is provided by or reimbursed by the Government and may not be shipped independent of travel (for example, UB must be shipped within 60 days of the travel date).
To be eligible the dependent must be:
· Command Sponsored under the sponsor.
· An unmarried dependent child under 23 years old.
· Attending or will be attending a school in the United States to obtain a secondary (grades 9–12) or undergraduate college education.
· Enrolled in a full-time course of study or program. Full-time is defined as 12 semester hours.
Request Dependent Student Travel:
Step 1. Complete the Request for Dependent Student Travel.
Route it along with supporting documentation to your HR Professional (S1 / Orderly Room)>Company Commander>Family Travel Section (UDL: 000000000002719).
Step 2. Upon receiving the signed Request for Dependent Student Travel from the Family Travel Section, upload it along with the supporting documents to DTS.
Dependent Student Travel DTS Guide.