New Orleans -- Marine administrative message 489/14 updates the guidance for reimbursement procedures, eligibility criteria and reporting requirements for inactive-duty training travel reimbursements.
Marines must meet specific criteria in order to be eligible for IDT travel reimbursements. To meet the criteria, a Marine must be assigned to a unit located 150 miles or more from his primary residence, as calculated by the defense table of distances. The Marine must also be assigned to a billet matching his or her grade and military occupational specialty, while assigned to a Selected Marine Corps Reserve unit at a battalion/squadron level or below.
All noncommissioned officers, staff NCOs, warrant officers, company-grade officers and majors are eligible for this program.
The reimbursement limit is set to 300 dollars for every round trip. Marines who are traveling should bring all their travel-related receipts to open a reimbursement request.
If a Marine uses a personally owned vehicle for transportation, the reimbursement will be calculated according to the distance traveled to and from the training location.
All expenses such as parking fees, tolls, lodging and meals paid by the Marine throughout the trip should also be included in his reimbursement request. The total cost of the Marine’s lodging and meals, including taxes, tips and service charges may also be included in the reimbursement request.
Money paid for rental vehicles and alcoholic beverages is not eligible for reimbursement.
Marines are allowed a total of 11 round trip reimbursements per fiscal year.
All travel expenses taking place on or after Oct. 1, 2014, are eligible for reimbursements requests.
For more information see the MARADMIN.