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GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PASS TO CO, XO, SEL, ADMINOFF, PERSOFF, CCC/NC, AND DISBO. 
THIS MESSAGE TARGETS PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATIVE, DISBURSING, AND PASS OFFICES 
REGARDING CURRENT PAY/PERSONNEL ISSUES FOR BOTH ACTIVE AND RESERVE PERSONNEL. 

2. ISSUE 190501:  OHA and OCONUS COLA.  The purpose of this 
message is to reiterate and clarify basic entitlement and payment guidelines 
for Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA) and OCONUS Cost of Living Allowance 
(COLA), specifically, for members who are receiving OHA and OCONUS COLA 
and are deployed away from their homeport/PDS upon detachment due to PCS 
transfer.

  a. DEFINITION OF PERMANENT DUTY STATION (PDS).  In accordance 
with JTR Appendix A (Definitions and Acronyms) a permanent duty 
station is defined as:

    1.	Member/invitational traveler's post of duty/official station, 
including a ship (for the purpose of personal travel and 
transportation of the service member's Unaccompanied Baggage (UB) on
the ship). 
    2.	Ship's homeport/ship based staff that a service member is 
assigned/attached for duty (other than TDY) is the PDS for:
 
     (a) Dependent transportation
     (b) Transportation of HHG, mobile homes, and/or POVs; 
     (c) CONUS COLA; and 
     (d) Geography-based station allowances and OHA.

  b. HOUSING ALLOWANCE RATES AND APPLICABLE DATES. (JTR par. 
100102-B.2) Unless an extension is authorized or approved, 
the OHA allowances stop on any of the following:

    1. The day before the Service member departs due to a PCS 
order.

  c.	START AND STOP OCONUS COLA.  (JTR par. 090202-B) OCONUS COLA 
stops the day before a Service member departs from OCONUS on a 
PCS order.

  d.	SERVICE MEMBER IN TRANSIT. (JTR par. 100911-B) The day the Service 
member departs, OHA is no longer authorized.

  e.	FACTORS THAT AFFECT OCONUS COLA RATES. (JTR par. 090201-B.1)  

    1.  COLA rates are based on a Service member's PDS. 

      (a) A ship's homeport is the PDS for OCONUS COLA purposes.

  f.	POLICY CLARIFICATION.  OPNAV N130C (Travel Policy) has reiterated 
and restated the provisions of JTR Appendix A (Ia. and Ib. listed above) 
to specify that for the purposes of an afloat unit, staff, squadron or 
battalion that is deployed away from its homeport/PDS at the time a 
service member who is receiving OHA and OCONUS COLA detaches on 
PCS orders but will return via homeport/PDS in the execution of a PCS 
transfer—OHA and OCONUS COLA will stop effective the date the 
member departs from the area of his homeport/PDS (residence) as indicated on 
the DD form 1351-2, not the date listed on the Activity Loss Event 
(NSIPS SH03 FID). 

  g.	PAYMENT PROCEDURES. For personnel who were deployed away from 
their homeport/PDS at the time of PCS detachment and returned to their 
homeport/PDS to commence execution of a PCS transfer, and who were 
receiving OHA and OCONUS COLA, gaining commands (CPPA’s and PSD’s) 
should take the following action if the dates are different:

     1. Report the inclusive period from the (date of SH03) to (date of departure 
from area of PDS listed on the DD form 1351-2) if the dates are different on 
the below listed NSIPS FIDs—as appropriate:

       (a) FID 4303 REPORT-HOUSING ALLOWANCE OVERSEAS (OHA)
       (b) FID 4503 REPORT-FAMILY SEPARATION OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE 
           (FSHCOLA)
       (c) FID 4603 REPORT-COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE (COLA)

  h.	AUDIT READINESS.  Ensure that a copy of the member’s DD form 1351-2 
indicating the date of departure from residence/PDS is retained with the 
above listed FID’s to support the “REPORT” of the inclusive periods of 
entitlement. 
 
3. Points of contact are LCDR Randall Krekeler, OPNAV N130C, randall.krekeler@navy.mil, 
(703) 604-5474, or Mr. Ron Ates, Ron NPC, Pers-2, ron.ates@navy.mil, (901) 874-4363.

4. Request widest dissemination.//


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