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Mandatory On-post housing:
The Mandatory Housing Assignment Policy #63 is effective this year to reduce the number of on-post housing vacancies.
We encourage sponsors for new community members to inform incoming servicemembers of this policy. To view the letter, please visit the following link:
MANDATORY HOUSING ASSIGNMENT POLICY LETTER #63
The housing brief is a required first step to prevent delays in the house-hunting process. To assist all new arrivals, it is mandatory to report to housing within 48 hours to in-process.
For more information, please visit the USAG Stuttgart Housing Website:
http://www.stuttgart.army.mil/housing/
Changes to DOD's Privately Owned Vehicle Shipping Program:
The Personal Property directorate at Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command manages the Department of Defense’s Privately Owned Vehicle shipping program and wants service members to know there are several changes in the program starting May 1.
Changes occurring with the Global Privately Owned Vehicle contract include a new contractor managing daily vehicle processing at vehicle processing centers worldwide; new VPC addresses for vehicle drop offs and pickups, a new website –
www.pcsmypov.com – for service members to request and track their POV shipments, and eight VPCs closing in both the continental United States and overseas.
For more information, read the following release from U.S. European Command:
http://www.eucom.mil/article/25646/changes-to-dods-privately-owned-vehicle-shipping-program-start-may-1
For additional information regarding living within the USAG Stuttgart community, please visit our
Welcome Aboard page and
USAG Stuttgart page!