Property shipment notice: Servicemembers, DoD civilians now eligible for full replacement value

Published Aug. 20, 2007
By 341 Space Wing Public Affairs

MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. -- Beginning fall 2007, Department of Defense servicemembers and civilians will be eligible for Full Replacement Value, or FRV, protection on most DoD-funded personal property shipments. FRV coverage will apply to personal property shipments with a pickup date on or after:

· Oct. 1 for international shipments (to / from OCONUS);
· Nov. 1 for domestic shipments (within CONUS;)
· March 1, 2008, non-temporary storage (NTS) shipments; and
· March 1, 2008, for local move/direct procurement method (DPM) shipments.

Under the FRV program, the transportation service provider, or TSP, is liable for the greater of $5,000 per shipment or $4 times the net weight of the shipment (in pounds), up to $50,000.

The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command published a detailed set of guidelines that governs FRV coverage on its Web site at www.sddc.army.mil and click on "Full Replacement Value Protection."