Current duty station location: NAS Whibdey Island, WA. Next duty station? Hawaii! Only in the military do we find ourselves on opposite ends of the climate spectrum every couple of years. What do you do when you’re moving from a winter wonderland to tropical paradise, or vice versa? It is better to part with your [...]
Guest Blogger: Andrea Hacker First thing to do when you PCS to Hawaii is REST! The flight takes forever, but the next day is no day to sleep in. You have work to do. Here are 8 crucial tasks you need to complete ASAP. #1 Check in! If you are married, your spouse can travel [...]
Guest Blogger: Andrea Hacker PCS season is here and some of you are moving to Hawaii! Getting there seems to worry most people however I PCS’d there and back to the mainland and have a few tricks up my sleeve to help you. Once you have orders to Hawaii…. Call the housing office and get [...]
By Happy Tails Pet Relocation There are many tips available about transporting our pets via a PCS move. Knowing and abiding by these rules is the pet owners’ responsibility, with veterinary personnel guiding you through theprocess or hiring a professional pet travel company. Just like preparing our human families for a PCS move, we have [...]
Picture this: You are PCSing from Washington to Hawaii. You arrive and start the 8 crucial PCS check in requirements for Hawaii only to find out you packed your title and registration paperwork with your HHG shipment! Now you are stuck waiting for up to two months to get your car out of the shipping lot. [...]
PCS season is fast approaching and spring cleaning fever is in full force. There is nothing more stressful than facing a PCS move without a plan to organize your home and shed some of your excess baggage. With each move, we acquire more stuff, which ultimately equals more shipping weight, which can equal big bucks [...]
March 2012 is all about spring cleaning and PCS purging and packing for us lucky military families that will be PCSing this year (sense the sarcasm). I was sure we had a few more years at our current duty station (I know, never count on anything in the military). Sure enough, the 52 Weeks of Organizing [...]