Troops can receive up to $2,000 for transporting one pet to or from overseas during a permanent change of station. The House and Senate have until Friday night to pass another short-term budget extension or trigger a partial government shutdown. The new system reportedly will not be ready to move all domestic shipments by the summer 2024. Troops who planned to be stateside between October and December 2023 will now come back by the end of March 2024. No more 'end-stating,' said the general in charge of quality-of-life programs in the Army. Around 7,500 troops will have new orders cut when new military pay funds hit for fiscal 2024. In the past year, Navy officials say they have gotten well within the Defense Department's 30-day window for processing pay changes and travel allowances. Are concerns about moving companies' new payment rates causing "unfounded angst," as USTRANSCOM contends? There’s no shortage of disturbing domeciles to which one can be assigned. The Surette family boarded a Patriot Express flight in South Korea Aug. 17. But a power outage during a layover in Japan may have doomed their pets. Load More