Carlisle Barracks

Transportation
46 Ashburn Drive
Anne Ely Hall, Room 230
Carlisle, PA 17013

Phone 717-245-4382 / 717-245-4381 
Phone (DSN) 312-242-4381
Fax 717-245-3357
Fax (DSN) 312-242-3357

Mon - Fri 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sat and Sun - Closed
Holidays - Closed

Arranging Household Goods Shipments

As soon as you are alerted to your upcoming Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move, you can start getting your house and family ready. Clean up and get rid of junk. Hold a yard sale or take serviceable items you no longer need to a thrift shop or donate to charity. Get important family records together in one place.

If you are going overseas, you should begin to plan what items you will take in your unaccompanied baggage, in your household goods shipment, and what might need to go into permanent storage. Remember, in overseas areas, the electric current is different and houses are generally much smaller than U.S. standards and cannot handle large furniture.

Household Goods Shipping Process

The Defense Personal Property System (DPS) is the online system you will use to manage your household goods shipment. Move.mil explains this new process and provides access to DPS.

Shipping Pets

Planning for shipment of your pet includes researching airline requirements and quarantine restriction laws in your new location. You will need to check with the airlines on the requirements for size, weight, number of animals, kennel construction, documentation and season of the year limitations. Occasionally, small pets can be shipped on military flights but availability and regulations are always changing, as well as fees. Search Move.mil for general information on shipping pets.

Many international locations have strict importation laws including extended quarantines and restrictions on breeds or types of animals that can be brought into the country. Carefully research these rules as they could impact your moving schedule. Not only do overseas locations have strict rules but many locations in the United States have restrictions on certain breeds as well. Review your destination installation's Shipping Pets article for details found on the left hand tool bar on MilitaryINSTALLATIONS.

"It's Your Move" Armed Forces Members

Review "It's Your Move" Armed Forces Members, Part IV, Attachment K1 for detailed information on weight allowances, valuable tips, household goods shipping process, storage, shipping your automobile (POV - Privately Owned Vehicle), arrival and delivery of household goods shipments, claims process, and the customer satisfaction survey.

Installation Specific Information

It is the member's responsibility to contact the Consolidated Personal Property Shipment Office (CPPSO) immediately upon arrival to schedule a delivery date and provide a delivery address and local telephone number. The required delivery date (RDD) for your property that you received at your previous duty station when you arranged your move is not a request for delivery.

• All domestic Code 1 shipments of household goods are delivered directly to the destination address, if known to the CPPSO and if member is available to accept delivery. Otherwise it is taken to a local agent's warehouse and placed in Storage in Transit (SIT) pending property owner's arrival and request for delivery. It is the property owner's option to accept delivery or to inform the driver to deliver on the first duty day after the weekend or holiday.
• All overseas and Code 2 (containerized) domestic shipments of household goods and/or unaccompanied baggage must be delivered from a local agent's warehouse. These shipments are automatically placed in Storage in Transit (SIT) until the property owner or designated agent contacts the CPPSO to schedule delivery.
• Inbound Personal Property Numbers: 
  717-245-4382 or 717-245-4381 
  DSN: 312-242-4382 or 312-242-4381  
• Outbound Personal Property Counselor's Numbers: 
  717-245-4968 or 717-245-4037 
  DSN: 312-242-4968 or 312-242-4037

Storage Information

Shipments are stored at government expense for up to 90 days. Deliveries from Storage in Transit (SIT) will not be scheduled on weekends or holidays. Average time for delivery from SIT is 8 to 10 days. This varies between carrier agents and number of deliveries previously scheduled for a particular day.

Nontemporary Storage (NTS) 

Personnel assigned at a course of instruction lasting more than 20 weeks are entitled to nontemporary storage at government expense for that portion of personal property for which they do not anticipate a need while at this installation. Due to the size of student quarters, it is strongly recommended that arrangements for NTS be made at originfor personal property shipments in excess of 12,000 pounds. (This is a suggested storage weight and will vary between quarters.) If NTS is arranged at origin, the property normally will be placed in a commercial storage facility near the member's current duty station, or Port of Debarkation for personnel returning from overseas assignments.  NTS is only authorized at government expense for property within the total authorized weight allowance and for Service Members who are assigned to Government Quarters.  Due to the numerous deliveries to all personnel of an incoming class, students may be required to retain the excess in their quarters for as long as 3 weeks until nontemporary storage can be effected.

If you are moving into housing on the local economy, you must ensure that the carrier removes all packing and crating material before being released. If you fail to do so, packing materials will have to be removed at your expense. If a carrier agent agrees to return at a later date to remove cartons/packing materials, make sure that you annotate this, including carrier agent's name and office phone number, on the DD Form 619-1 (Statement of Accessorial Services Performed) before you let them leave. If you reside off post (not in government quarters), storage of excess property at government expense is not authorized at destination.

The date of arrival shown on the US Army War College and Carlisle Barracks questionnaire is not a request for delivery of household goods. You must call the CPPSO to arrange delivery. When household goods are to be delivered, the individual or agent must be present. Delivery hours are between 0800 and 1700. Personnel signing for government quarters on the date of delivery should allow sufficient time to inspect quarters prior to scheduled delivery.

If you are moving into housing on the local economy, you must ensure that the carrier removes all packing and crating material before being released. If you fail to do so, packing materials will have to be removed at your expense. If a carrier agent agrees to return at a later date to remove cartons/packing materials, make sure that you annotate this, including carrier agent's name and office phone number, on the DD Form 619-1 (Statement of Accessorial Services Performed) before you let them leave. If you reside off post (not in government quarters), storage of excess property at government expense is not authorized at destination.

The date of arrival shown on the US Army War College and Carlisle Barracks questionnaire is not a request for delivery of household goods. You must call the CPPSO to arrange delivery. When household goods are to be delivered, the individual or agent must be present. Delivery hours are between 0800 and 1700. Personnel signing for government quarters on the date of delivery should allow sufficient time to inspect quarters prior to scheduled delivery.