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Travel Assistance Center (TAC) provides travel assistance to the Defense travel community before, during, and after official travel. The staff provide advice and assistance on the DTS, DoD travel card, travel policy, commercial travel services and programs, and allowances and entitlements.
The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is one of the eleven unified commands of the United States Department of Defense. In both times of peace and war, USTRANSCOM's role is to provide the Department of Defense with air, land, and sea transportation. USTRANSCOM was founded in 1987 and is based at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.
However, DOD and congressional concerns over duplication in military logistics soon led to further reorganizations. After a detailed reexamination of the Defense Transportation System, McNamara designated the Secretary of the Army as the single manager for military traffic, land transportation, and common-user ocean terminals on 19 November 1964.
Temporary duty travel, also sometimes referred to as Temporary Additional Duty (TAD) in the US Navy and US Marine Corps, is a duty status designation reflecting a US Government Employee's official travel or assignment at a location other than the employee's permanent duty station. This type of secondment is usually of relatively short duration ...
An overseas housing allowance (OHA) is a United States military entitlement given to military servicemen and women living overseas. It is administered by Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) and is the overseas equivalent of the Basic Allowance for Housing. OHA is intended to private lease local housing instead of living in government or on ...
An M1070 and M1000 loading an M88 Recovery Vehicle in southern Iraq. Heavy Equipment Transporter System (HETS) is the name of a U.S. Army logistics vehicle transport system, the primary purpose of which is to transport the M1 Abrams tank. It is also used to transport, deploy, and evacuate armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery ...
DTS is the slowest, most confusing, most painful system I've used in my life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.163.240.41 01:55, 4 May 2010 (UTC) Thank you. PvtKing 21:41, 10 May 2008 (UTC) Its really not that bad of a system, you just need to use it more then once every few months.
Delirium tremens, also called DTs or alcohol withdrawal delirium (AWD), is an uncommon, severe type of alcohol withdrawal. It's a dangerous but treatable condition that starts about 2-3 days after ...