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A little over three years ago the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) launched the Department of Defense's (DOD) newly reengineered household goods moving program — the Defense Personal Property Program, or DP3. It's the latest iteration that began in 1995 to make the DOD relocation process more efficient. SDDC is the executive agent [...]

My wife's most memorable experience of the first time our family got to participate in the 4th of July celebration on the National Mall in Washington, DC was listening to my brother moo as we meandered through the complicated maze of crowd control devices when the spectacular fireworks show was over. That's right. Moo … [...]

HINT: It wasn’t because of movers! According to a recent e-News update issued by the International  Association of Movers (IAM), staff from military Surface Deployment Distribution Command (SDDC) believe that the 2011 Peak Season was “better” than the last year. On August 16-17, 2011, SDDC, the executive agent for the United States Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) [...]

The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) issued the following admin message April 29th regarding their command's concerns with the military's woefully inadaquate preparations for the rapidly approaching 2011 household goods peak moving season. Like the other nine military services that fall under their jurisdiction, the Marines rely on the U.S. Transportation Command's (TRANSCOM) new Defense Personal [...]

According the latest release of the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's (SDDC) new Defense Personal Property Program (DP3) Domestic 400NG Tariff, the military is preparing to implement a separate code of service (COS) to move the containerized household goods (HHG) of military members in the domestic market for the 2011 rate cycle. The COS will [...]

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – According to Army Maj. James F. Lowe of the USTRANSCOM public affairs office, officials at the U.S. Transportation Command launched an improved website this week to assist both the military services and transportation service providers (TSPs) in using the Defense Personal Property System, or DPS. DPS is a new [...]

The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) recently announced that it will host the 2010 Winter Personal Property Forum (PPF) on November 3, 2010 – November 4, 2010 in O'Fallon, Illinois. The first day of the meeting is designated as a Government only day; the second is a Government/Industry interaction day. The forum will [...]

Anyone else remember the 1974 movie Houston, We've Got a Problem!? It was a fictional drama about the third U.S. space flight intended to land on the Moon in April, 1970. A mid-mission incident occurred on board Apollo 13 when a rupture in an oxygen tank severely damaged the spacecraft and forced the lunar landing [...]

  April 22, 2010  SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – After extensive testing and evaluation, the military has launched an improved system to better compensate service members who personally move their household goods on military orders. All services began using the new system April 15. Moves initiated prior to that date will continue to process [...]