Household Goods Shipments in Excess of Military Servicemembers' Authorized Weight Allowances

摘要

Traffic management procedures have been reviewed for the movement and storage of personal property shipments and the weighing and reweighing of such shipments as set forth in Department of Defense (DOD) Regulation 4500.34-R. The Army, Navy, and Air Force processed a total of 19,432 household goods excess weight claims in fiscal year 1980. Most of these claims related to moves made in fiscal year 1979. The statistics indicate that the majority of military servicemembers are able to stay within their authorized weight allowances. This, however, does not necessarily mean that the authorized weight allowances are adequate since many members might be suffering hardships to avoid charges for excess weight. DOD's Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee recently recommended to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics) that the weight allowances be increased by as much as 2,500 pounds for some military pay grades.