Pentagon Targets Fewer Moves for Troops to Cut PCS Costs

Pentagon targets fewer moves for troops to cut PCS costs

Military members should be moving less frequently for greater stability — and to save taxpayers’ dollars, according to defense officials who have set the process in motion for those reductions. In a memo announced Wednesday, Pentagon officials ordered the military service branches to cut in half the amount of money they spend on permanent change-of-station, or PCS, moves by fiscal 2030. DOD spends about $5 billion a year on these moves, which in…

Pentagon orders review of base moves, and more military news

TGIF! If you are a service member or a military family member, you are painfully aware of just how often troops are required to move. Now, the Pentagon is giving the military branches until Sept. 25 to come up with plans to limit the number of permanent change of station, or PCS moves, that are not absolutely essential. The military spends about $5 billion per year on PCS moves, but now wants to drastically cut that by 50% starting in fiscal yea…

Department of Defense Moves to Reduce PCS Budgets for Greater Stability

In a move aimed at enhancing geographic stability for military families, the Department of Defense (DOD) has issued a memorandum directing military branches to evaluate potential reductions in their discretionary permanent change of station (PCS) move budgets. The goal is to increase efficiency and lower costs while addressing the disruptions that accompany frequent relocations. Tim Dill, performing the duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of De…

How Would Fewer Military PCS Moves Work? Experts Weigh In

A new Pentagon effort to reduce permanent-change-of-station (PCS) moves could reduce stress for military families and save money, but it may require rethinking military career advancement to be effective, according to military personnel policy experts. “I think for the individual family perspective, this is a bit of a relief,” Katherine Kuzminski, director of studies at the Center for a New American Security and a military spouse herself, told …