DAFI 24-602V4: PERSONAL PROPERTY MOVING AND STORAGE

DAFI 24-602V4 — index record

Number	DAFI 24-602V4
Title	PERSONAL PROPERTY MOVING AND STORAGE
Published	June 2, 2026
Certified current	June 2, 2026
Office of primary responsibility	AF/A4
Issued by	Headquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the index	Current
Last index action	Rewrite, June 2, 2026
Source index	Air Force e-Publishing
Index last read	October 20, 2026

Copied from Air Force e-Publishing (index). The publication itself is the authority; this page does not summarize or interpret it. Verify the current edition on the index before acting.

From the publication itself

Text below is lifted mechanically from the official PDF (80 pages, read October 20, 2026) with no editing or interpretation. Quote the document, not this page.

Purpose, in the publication’s words

This instruction implements Department of Air Force (DAF) Policy Directive (AFPD) 24-6, Distribution and Traffic Management, and the Personal Property allowances provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), Uniformed Service Members and Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employees https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/travelreg.cfm. This publication applies to all civilian employees and uniformed members of the Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, and United States Space Force. It sets forth policy on the movement and storage of personal property within the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) areas. It also outlines responsibility for counseling military members and civilian employees on the shipment of personal property, privately owned vehicles and mobile homes. Each paragraph is numbered to indicate both the chapter and paragraph number, and is cross-referenced to the appropriate chapters of the JTR. For example, paragraph 2.2

Summary of changes, as printed

This instruction has been substantially revised and must be completely reviewed. The major changes incorporated in this document includes Roles and Responsibilities under the Shipping a Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) OCONUS, Limits for Extensions under Retirement and Separation Orders, Unaccompanied Baggage (UB) Weight Allowances, Defense Personal Property Program (DP3) Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS) updates and Household Goods (HHG) Counseling.

Chapter 1—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 7
Chapter 3—HHG TRANSPORTATION AND NONTEMPORARY STORAGE (NTS)p. 14
Chapter 4—TRANSPORTATION UNDER VARIOUS TYPES OF PCS ORDERSp. 22
Chapter 5—TRANSPORTATION UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCESp. 32
Chapter 6—HOUSEHOLD GOODS STORAGEp. 34
Chapter 7—POV TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE (SERVICE MEMBERS)p. 39
Chapter 8—PERSONALLY PROCURED MOVEMENT OF HOUSEHOLD GOODSp. 46
Chapter 9—MOBILE HOME TRANSPORTATION (SERVICE MEMBERS)p. 56
Chapter 10—JTR CLARIFICATIONS DEFINITIONp. 58
Chapter 11—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCEp. 59
Chapter 12—EXCESS COST RESPONSIBILITIES/PROCEDURESp. 65
Chapter 13—DOD CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE RELOCATION ALLOWANCESp. 69
Chapter 14—PERSONAL PROPERTY QUALITY CONTROLp. 71
Chapter 15—EVACUATION AUTHORITYp. 76
Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 76
Attachment 4—TELEPHONIC INSPECTIONp. 84

All 66 contents entries

Chapter 1—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 7
1.1. HQ USAF/A4LR, Logistics Readiness Divisionp. 7
1.2. Personal Property Activity Headquarters (PPA HQ)p. 7
1.3. Major Commands (MAJCOMs)p. 8
1.4. Installation/Activity/Wing/Delta Commandersp. 9
1.5. Logistics Readiness and Aerial Port Squadron Commanders willp. 10
1.6. Installation Transportation Officer/Traffic Management Officer (TMO)p. 11
Chapter 3—HHG TRANSPORTATION AND NONTEMPORARY STORAGE (NTS)p. 14
3.8. Letter-in-lieu of Orders (LILO)p. 21
Chapter 4—TRANSPORTATION UNDER VARIOUS TYPES OF PCS ORDERSp. 22
4.1. Transportation Under Various Types of Situationsp. 22
4.6. Funding for Approved Extensionsp. 31
Chapter 5—TRANSPORTATION UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCESp. 32
Chapter 6—HOUSEHOLD GOODS STORAGEp. 34
Chapter 7—POV TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE (SERVICE MEMBERS)p. 39
Chapter 8—PERSONALLY PROCURED MOVEMENT OF HOUSEHOLD GOODSp. 46
8.1. Personally Procured Moves (PPM)p. 46
8.2. PPM Proceduresp. 46
8.4. Counselingp. 49
8.5. Vehicles and Equipmentp. 51
8.6. Shipment Weightp. 51
8.7. Insurance Coveragep. 52
8.8. OCONUS PPMp. 53
8.9. Unauthorized Itemsp. 53
8.10. Combined Shipment – Military Married to Militaryp. 53
8.11. Member Responsibilitiesp. 54
8.12. Personally Procured Transportation and/or NTS of HHG without Prior Approvalp. 54
8.13. Final Settlement/PPM Closeoutp. 54
Chapter 9—MOBILE HOME TRANSPORTATION (SERVICE MEMBERS)p. 56
Chapter 10—JTR CLARIFICATIONS DEFINITIONp. 58
10.3. Consumablesp. 58
10.4. Motorcycle/Mopedp. 58
10.5. Permanent (Duty) Station (PDS)p. 58
Chapter 11—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCEp. 59
11.1. Personal Property Guidancep. 59
11.2. Counseling Members/Employeesp. 59
11.3. Sensitive Shipments/Witness Protectionp. 60
11.4. Exception to Provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations is prohibitedp. 61
11.5. Congressional Inquiriesp. 61
11.6. Airlift of HHGp. 61
11.7. Office of Special Investigationsp. 63
11.8. Pertinent Personal Property Guidance in Non-Transportation Regulationsp. 63
11.11. General Officer and Senior Executive Service Movesp. 64
11.12. Personal Property Transformation/Procedures and Processp. 64
11.13. Administrative Process for Policy and Entitlement Clarification or Interpretationp. 64
Chapter 12—EXCESS COST RESPONSIBILITIES/PROCEDURESp. 65
12.1. Excess Cost Responsibilitiesp. 65
12.2. Origin PPPO Responsibilitiesp. 65
12.3. Destination PPPO Responsibilitiesp. 66
12.4. Member/Employee Responsibilitiesp. 67
12.5. Excess Cost Processing and Rebuttal Proceduresp. 68
12.6. Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (BCMR) Proceduresp. 68
Chapter 13—DOD CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE RELOCATION ALLOWANCESp. 69
Chapter 14—PERSONAL PROPERTY QUALITY CONTROLp. 71
14.1. Purposep. 71
14.2. Inspector Qualificationp. 71
14.3. Trainingp. 71
14.4. Preparationp. 71
14.5. Inspection of TSP’s Facilities and Equipmentp. 71
14.6. TSP Equipment, Supplies and Personnelp. 72
14.7. Inspection Criteriap. 72
14.8. Accessorial Servicesp. 73
14.9. Post-Inspection Dutiesp. 75
Chapter 15—EVACUATION AUTHORITYp. 76
Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 76
Attachment 4—TELEPHONIC INSPECTIONp. 84

Other DAFI publications nearby in the series

500 DAFI records on the Air Force index. Search the full index.

Works of the United States Government are not subject to copyright (17 U.S.C. § 105). This site is not affiliated with the Department of the Air Force or any government agency.

DAFI 24-602V4

DAFI 24-602V4 — index record

From the publication itself

Purpose, in the publication’s words

Summary of changes, as printed

Contents

Other DAFI publications nearby in the series

Calculators for the subject of this series