B-147646, AUG. 9, 1962
Highlights
AF: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JULY 24. WAS REACHED AFTER A CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVED IN YOUR CASE. IT APPEARS THAT YOU BELIEVE THE ADDITIONAL MILEAGE SHOULD BE ALLOWED FOR THE REASON THAT YOU WERE NOT PHYSICALLY LOCATED AT LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE AT THE TIME OF YOUR REASSIGNMENT. AS WAS EXPLAINED TO YOU IN OUR PREVIOUS DECISIONS. THE RIGHT OF A MEMBER OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES TO BE PAID TRAVEL ALLOWANCES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS ARISES FROM THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY CITED IN THAT DECISION AND IS DEPENDENT UPON THE TRAVEL BEING PERFORMED ON PUBLIC BUSINESS. IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MEMBER CONCERNED AND IS NOT REIMBURSABLE FROM GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
B-147646, AUG. 9, 1962
TO MASTER SERGEANT ALEX SMITH, AF:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JULY 24, 1962, IN REPLY TO OUR DECISION OF JULY 11, 1962, B-147646, SUSTAINING THE ACTION PREVIOUSLY TAKEN BY US IN DISALLOWING THAT PORTION OF YOUR CLAIM PERTAINING TO ADDITIONAL MILEAGE OCCASIONED BY THE CHANGE IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT (FOR COMPASSIONATE REASONS) FROM LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, NEBRASKA, TO VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA, INCIDENT TO YOUR RETURN TO THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES FROM OVERSEAS DUTY.
OUR DECISIONS OF JULY 11, 1962, WAS REACHED AFTER A CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVED IN YOUR CASE. IT APPEARS THAT YOU BELIEVE THE ADDITIONAL MILEAGE SHOULD BE ALLOWED FOR THE REASON THAT YOU WERE NOT PHYSICALLY LOCATED AT LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE AT THE TIME OF YOUR REASSIGNMENT. AS WAS EXPLAINED TO YOU IN OUR PREVIOUS DECISIONS, THE RIGHT OF A MEMBER OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES TO BE PAID TRAVEL ALLOWANCES FROM PUBLIC FUNDS ARISES FROM THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY CITED IN THAT DECISION AND IS DEPENDENT UPON THE TRAVEL BEING PERFORMED ON PUBLIC BUSINESS. WHERE AUTHORIZED TRAVEL ALSO ENCOMPASSES A CHANGE IN THE ASSIGNMENT OF A MEMBER FROM ONE DUTY STATION TO ANOTHER FOR PERSONAL REASONS, THE LOCATION OF THE MEMBER AT THE TIME OF SUCH ASSIGNMENT DOES NOT AFFECT THE ABOVE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT. ANY PORTION OF THE TRAVEL IN EXCESS OF THAT REQUIRED BY MILITARY CONSIDERATIONS, IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MEMBER CONCERNED AND IS NOT REIMBURSABLE FROM GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
SINCE THE CHANGE IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT FROM LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE TO VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE WAS MADE BECAUSE OF THE ILLNESS OF YOUR LATE WIFE, THE NEED OF THE SERVICE DID NOT REQUIRE TRAVEL IN EXCESS OF THAT NECESSARY FOR YOU TO REPORT TO LINCOLN AIR FORCE BASE, YOUR ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED DUTY STATION IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL IN EXCESS OF THE DISTANCE TO THAT BASE IS NOT AUTHORIZED. THE FACT THAT YOU DID NOT ACTUALLY REPORT TO THAT BASE DOES NOT AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF TRAVEL WHICH MAY BE REGARDED AS HAVING BEEN PERFORMED ON THE PUBLIC BUSINESS. ACCORDINGLY, WE TRUST THAT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION WHICH WE MAY TAKE IN THE MATTER.