In the first part of this two-part article, we discussed the most recent Personal Property Forum meeting by the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC). In the final part of this article, we will be discussing some additional issues that were tackled at the meeting, as well as some upcoming plans that are presently being set in motion by the SDDC.

Over 250 people attended the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command’s semi-annual Personal Property Forum on October 29th, 2013, in Fairview Heights, Ill. A variety of topics were discussed and a large number of varying opinions were certainly voiced. Among the top topics was SDDC’s approval of DoD Transportation Providers and the Open Season criteria.

Several recent changes regarding military claims have recently been implemented thus in turn affecting every moving van line claims departments. As of July of this year, the Defense Department’s Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) succeeded in their attempts to convert industry claims and military claims into one document, thus saving a lot of hassle and confusion. Here are some of the changes that will be affecting the way your claims department handles military claims

According to military officials, who are overlooking the Defense Personal Property Program (DP3), there would be revision in the proposal for overhauling the technique used for the calculation of disease fuel surcharge paid in DP3 movements. The proposal is under SDDC’s consideration for approval. However, it states that there would be an increase of 1% […]

Recently, there were news reports of the American Forces Press Service making some improvements to their Defense Personal Property System (DPS) through the U.S. Transportation Command (also known as TRANSCOM). It was all over the news not long enough when the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) released the list of new criterion for […]