All the Right Moves

It's finally time to move. We have been on station for three years and eleven months. That's a year and a half longer than  time on station was when we first got in. We have loved being at our current duty station, but we are looking forward to our next assignment. It will be tough leaving our old friends, however, many of them have moved on already. We are really the last of the old breed here. It's down to checklists and sweeping out the closets. This will be our first move since coming into the military, so if I learn a few things along the way, I'll be sure to post them. Some things I've learned already:

• Save your travel vouchers along with your orders. They are important.
• Make sure you have an extra copy of all of your records, just in case your primary copies are lost or ruined. Oh, and hand carry anything you don't want lost.
• May sure you get your cars weighed for a partial DITY (Do it your self move). We missed out on about $1K when we came here because we didn't know that trick. 
• If you use house hunting days while at your old base, you get 10 days. If you wait until you get to your gaining base, it's only 8 days.
• Learn to live light. We just realized we really don't need a lot of stuff. Makes life a lot easier. 
• Call the temporary lodging as soon as you get orders.

Here are some links that you may find useful as well:
www.move.mil
Military Home Front
It's your move DOD
DITY MOVERS
Check List
About.com Military Moves