your duty station is your normal place of work
Get You Home (Early Years)
If you're doing your Phase 1 training, you could get assistance with the cost of getting home from your duty station
Eligibility check:
What’s it for?
This allowance is designed to help junior Service personnel adjust to life in the Armed Forces by helping with travel costs when they return home to visit close family or friends. This allowance is not available to Service personnel who are assigned overseas.
What do I get?
Get You Home (Early Years) can be used to travel from your duty station to the address of a close relative or friend.
You will be given a rail, air or ferry ticket for your journey or get a mileage allowance if you use your own car or motorbike.
If you are under the age of 17 years and 6 months when you commence your Phase 1 training, you’re entitled to a maximum of 4 return journeys. If you're over the age of 17 years and 6 months you’re entitled to two return journeys. The journeys are to be undertaken from the first day of paid service on recruit or initial officer training up to 12 months following completion of Phase 1 training.
How do I claim?
1
You should apply for authority to travel on JPA . The Apply for authority in order to make a self-service journey claim user guide (which can be found at JPA user guides) tells you how to do this. This will generate an authorised journey number.
If you don’t have access to JPA then you get the approval of your Unit HR staff before completing and submitting JPA Form 016 tothem
2
If travelling by rail, ferry or air, speak to your Unit HR/Personnel Office or travel centre to arrange tickets. For travel by any other means, you should make the journey arrangements yourself. Ensure you retain all receipts as proof of your journey.
3
Reclaim any costs incurred by submitting your claim via JPA iexpenses using the journey number provided during the application process. More information can be found in the Claim for Get you Home (early years) user guide which can be found at JPA user guides
Need more information?
JSP 752 Get you home (early years)
read chapter 7, section 1 of JSP 752 to find out more about Get you home (early years)
Guide to Allowances and Expenses for Service Personnel
Read the Guide to Allowances and Expenses for Service Personnel