Allowances: MALT - Military Pay & Allowances - Military Times

Allowances: MALT

Service members receive a monetary allowance in lieu of transportation (MALT) when they drive to a new assignment. The amount depends on the official mileage between old and new duty stations. MALT also is paid to members going overseas if they drive from their stateside location to the port of embarkation for a transcontinental plane or ship and from the port of debarkation to the new duty station.

MALT for those on permanent change-of-station travel is 16.5 cents per mile.

Family members authorized to travel by car without the service member also receive MALT at the same rate. Family members traveling in a second vehicle during a PCS also are eligible for payment. No special authorization is required.

A third vehicle may be authorized under certain conditions.

Mileage data, maintained by each service, are available through local transportation offices. Actual distance driven might not equal the official distance.