Families on orders
Your orders came with a date.
They did not come with a list.
That list exists now.
What they owe you
$3,548.02Dislocation Allowance · E-5 with dependents
Nobody will ask you if you want it.
You write it in yourself.
Flat, non-taxable, paid once per move. There is no checkbox that says pay me DLA. Leave the line blank and it is never paid.
Leave a dependent off Block 12 and the same move pays $1,158.60 less.
These rates are out of date. DLA is republished each January.
Your clock
Three numbers worth knowing before you file.
If a carrier delay displaces your family, the carrier pays you directly. You do not front it.
Who touches your things
We check the movers. Nobody pays us to.
Authority active. Insurance on file. Whether the name on your estimate is a real carrier or a broker with no trucks.
Not a mover. Not a lender.
Not an appraiser. Not an inspector.
No paid placement, no sponsored listings, ever. That is the reason it is worth reading.
Your children
Eight protections the new district already agreed to.
Every state, DC, and DoDEA signed the Interstate Compact. The receiving school must enroll on hand-carried records. It must honor the placement your child earned.
Not courtesies. Obligations.
If you want it on paper
The PCS Landing Pad.
Everything above stays free. This is the version you print, carry, and hand to the crew standing in your driveway.
You have done this before.
What you should not have to do is figure it out alone every single time.
Start with your report date.
We build the rest around it.
Your timeline, nothing else. We never sell or share your information with a mover, lender, appraiser, inspector, or title company.