Army Benefits: Get You Home

If you regularly travel home from your duty station at weekends, you could get help with your travel costs

Your home must normally be a property owned or rented by you and the main residence where you live when you are not at your Duty Station and which you return to during weekends, stand-down periods and periods of leave, meaning that you regularly have to pay travel costs to get there. It can also be your Residence at Work Address, including Single Living Accommodation at your permanent Duty Station

Normally it must be in the same country as your duty station (for this allowance UK is defined as the UK mainland and GB Islands) and more than 50 miles away from your duty station.

Get You Home Travel is paid as a daily rate, which increases the further you travel up to a maximum of 530 miles. The rates from 1 Aug 22 can be found in JSP 752 chapter 3

When can’t I use this? You won’t be able to claim this benefit if you live in Service Families accommodation or Substitute Service Families accommodation or if you claim either of the following benefits:

Travel for Operational Stand Down Longer Separation Allowance How do I claim this? Get You Home entitlements will be processed by your unit HR admin staff using the JPA ‘Arrivals Process’

You will need to provide them with a photocopy of:

1. Either a mortgage document, Land Registry document, Ground Rent, Tenancy Agreement or License to occupy; and

2. A Council Tax Bill if you are in the UK, otherwise either a Utility bill (gas, electric, water, telephone but not mobile phone) or Buildings and/or Contents insurance.

Both documents must be in your name and clearly show the address of your home.

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.