Space "A" Travel
With Traveling Space "A" What Will
You Be Flying In Today?
Traveling is something that we all like to do,
seeing new places and meeting new people has always been fun and
exciting. Being in Naples offers you that opportunity to travel,
stateside as well as other European countries for almost next to
nothing, but, flights are not guaranteed, neither is your status.
When traveling Space "A" there are
certain rules, regulations and privileges that apply.
Registration can be done in person, by fax, or using the
Internet. Make sure you have all required documents (passports,
ID Cards, leave papers, EML orders). After registration you and
your family are assigned a travel category/eligibility. The
following is a listing of eligible individuals.
- Category 1 -
- Emergency travel on a round-trip basis in connection with
the serious illness, death, or impending death of a
member of the immediate family of the following:
- - U.S. citizen employees of the DOD stationed overseas.
- - Full-time, paid personnel of the American Red Cross
serving with the U.S. military services overseas.
- - Uniformed service family members whose sponsors are
stationed within the continental U.S. (CONUS) and the
emergency exists overseas.
- - Family members of U.S. citizen civilian employees of
the DOD when both sponsor and dependents are stationed
overseas at the same location.
- Category II -
- - Sponsors on environmental and moral leave (EML) and
accompanied family members.
- - DOD Dependent School (DODDS) teachers and their
accompanied family members in EML status during school
year, holiday, or vacation periods.
- - EML leave may only be taken every six months.
- Category III -
- - Uniformed service members in an ordinary or
reenlistment leave status and uniformed services patients
on convalescent leave. Members on convalescent leave may
not travel overseas unless their leave chit states so.
- - Military personnel traveling on permissive temporary
duty (TDY) orders for house hunting. If the purpose of
TDY is for the purpose of permanent change of station
(PCS) house hunting, the member may be accompanied by one
family member in the case of international travel.
- - Uniformed service members, traveling with their spouse
and/or Bona fide family members (up to age 23 with a
valid ID Card) who is in ordinary leave status within
overseas areas, between overseas stations and air
terminals in CONUS (this privilege does not apply to
travel of dependents to or from a sponsor's restricted or
unaccompanied tour location or to travel in a leave
status to or from TDY locations. It applies only to
round-trip travel to an overseas area or the CONUS with
the sponsor. DOD 4515.13-R restricts use of these
privileges to establish a home for the family members in
an overseas area of the CONUS)
- Category IV -
- - Unaccompanied family members (18 and
older) traveling on EML orders. Family members under 18
must be accompanied by an adult family member who is
traveling on EML.
- - DODDS teachers of family members (accompanied or
unaccompanied) in an EML status during summer break.
- Category V -
- - Command sponsored unaccompanied dependent family
members. Family members can fly from overseas locations
to another overseas location, or from an overseas
location to a stateside location, and from stateside to
overseas. Family members are not
authorized travel from stateside location to stateside
location. Also, family members must be 18 years of age or
older to travel unaccompanied without a parent. As a
reminder, family members must be command sponsored
overseas to fly in an unaccompanied status. A letter
issued from the command is required to fly under these
circumstances.
- - Students whose sponsor is stationed in Alaska or
Hawaii.
- - Students enrolled in a trade school in the CONUS when
the sponsor is stationed overseas.
- - Military personnel traveling on permissive TDY orders
for other than house hunting.
- Category VI -
- - Reserve components/members.
- - Retired military members who are issued DD Form 2 and
eligible to receive retired or retainer pay.
- - Family members (up to age 23 with a valid ID Card) of
retired members when accompanied by a sponsor.
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- For finding most of the Space
"A" terminals, in Europe and worldwide, I
recommend the Ramstein AF Site as the most up to date,
and having the most current links to others!! Some other
sites that may be of use are:
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- http://www.naples.navy.mil/airops/home.htm
- Naples AMC terminal information, links to
other AMC sites, sign up links and sheets, frequently
asked questions, monthly and daily flight schedules.
- http://www.mobility.ramstein.af.mil/
- Ramstein Air Base Home page for AMC/Space
"A" travel
- http://www.mobility.ramstein.af.mil/spacea.html
- Links to frequently asked questions, other
sites, and local information at Ramstein.
- http://www.mobility.ramstein.af.mil/group/index.html
- AMC sites worldwide. A listing of base web
sites, AMC site links, and information. - Sign-up and web
address guide for
