Defense delays fix for household goods moves

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Defense delays fix for household goods moves
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Sep 10, 2008 5:32:12 EDT

U. S. Transportation Command officials have postponed the start of a new system designed to fix the process that moves service members’ household goods.

Originally scheduled to begin for families at 18 locations, including all of U.S. Army Europe, on Wednesday, the start has now been delayed to mid- to late October.

“We have decided it would be prudent to wait on the rollout of the program until we have conducted additional testing and additional training,” said U.S. Transportation Command spokesman Army Lt. Col. Fred Rice. The Defense Personal Property System “is an important program of the DoD Families First initiative, and we need to ensure the rollout goes smoothly and people are properly trained to use and operate the system,” he said.

“A delay is not what we envisioned, but we want to make sure DPS serves our service members in a positive way.”

The delay will not affect the scheduled worldwide rollout Jan. 22, Rice said.


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