{"id":71134,"date":"2020-03-12T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/12\/troops-families-trapped-in-limbo-as-some-pcs-moves-put-on-hold-for-two-months\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:44:24","slug":"troops-families-trapped-in-limbo-as-some-pcs-moves-put-on-hold-for-two-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2020\/03\/12\/troops-families-trapped-in-limbo-as-some-pcs-moves-put-on-hold-for-two-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops, families trapped in limbo as some PCS moves put on hold for two months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the days following the Army\u2019s decision to suspend travel in and out of the regions<\/a> more heavily impacted by coronavirus, more and more soldiers and their families have found themselves without housing, vehicles or their personal items as their plans to make permanent change-of-station moves to and from Italy or Korea were put on hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Defense Department\u2019s Thursday announcement that all PCS and temporary duty moves are on hold for the next 60 days, members of all four services are finding themselves in the same predicament, relying on emergency relief funds and unit-by-unit authorizations of per diem to cover their costs while they wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe think that rather than moving back and forth, that you\u2019re better protecting in place,\u201d Joint Chiefs chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the fallout includes troops and families who have packed up their lives, checked out of housing and were preparing to board planes to their new duty stations now suspended in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\t