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Temporary Duty Assignments – Understanding Your Pay & Benefits While on TDY Orders

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TDY is the three-letter acronym that often leaves servicemembers and families confused. Get to know the various types of Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY) or Temporary Assignment Duty (TAD) to keep your finances and sanity from teetering into the red when you are on TDY orders.

Fully  understanding your military assignments and benefits is the benchmark of a seasoned servicemember. Pay increases or decreases, what per diem covers, and whether or not family members could or should accompany are all factors to fully grasp before going TDY.

Three Types of Military Orders

There are three primary types of military orders:

• Permanent Change of Station (PCS)
• Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY)

Of the three, TDY orders are likely the most complex, as they can be issued as an add-on to additional orders like a PCS. In addition to complexity, TDY orders also offer the most flexibility for servicemembers and their dependents to determine how they will handle assignments, placing them in a location anywhere from just a few days to six months.

There are likely dozens of situations where TDY may be issued. Some examples include additional schooling, career specialties that require frequent travel, or completing special assignments for the military. In nature, the assignments are meant to be short in duration and non-permanent.

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The financial characteristics of TDY are perhaps the most important piece to understand. Consider TDY orders to be similar to travel for professional civilian jobs (like conferences). The organization, in this case, the military, will authorize a certain dollar amount per day called “per diem” for everyday expenses such as food, lodging, and transportation. Essentially, additional TDY pay on top of your regular pay is an additional fixed budget given to you per day. It is the servicemember’s responsibility to budget adequately.

You may be eligible for per diem even if you are temporarily assigned in the same state as your current duty station depending on the situation.

While on assignment, it is critical to keep the following receipts so you can have them validated for reimbursement upon return.

• Meal receipts
• Taxi/Uber/shuttle expenses
• Any travel costs like flights, subway, etc.
• Daily mileage totals (if you are traveling in your own vehicle)
• Incidental expenses or any unexpected costs directly related to daily operations

According to the Department of Defense , “A Service member ordered to a U.S. installation must use adequate and available Government quarters.” This means that if lodging is available, you will likely be required to stay in military housing, such as the barracks, or in installation hotels or accommodations. While exceptions to policy (ETP) do happen, it is largely dependent on a host of factors.

Exceptions to Policy (ETP)

Let’s say, for example, that following his commission , a soldier receives TDY orders to Basic Officer Leaders Course (BOLC) which requires a six-month stay. The soldier has a family and would prefer they accompany him to the training and he requests to stay in off-installation accommodations for the duration of the training course.

While it is not guaranteed, this is a strong case for ETP to be considered. Off installation accommodations would offer greater flexibility to find budget-friendly options within per diem that also include benefits such as on-site laundry and kitchenettes.

When overages or excessive fees are incurred or circumstances constitute an exception to policy, the Authorizing Official (AO) will need to pre-approve the charges before they will be reimbursed. You may not be reimbursed if you are not given pre-authorization, so it is essential to communicate prior to making decisions that will incur costs.

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Per Diem – What is Covered on TDY Orders?

Knowing what is not covered in per diem is just as important as knowing what is.

The military will not cover alcohol purchases in stores or in restaurant establishments. If a servicemember chooses to consume alcohol with their meal, a separate receipt would likely be the best choice, additionally, any charges will be the full responsibility of the individual. Additionally, when deciding to consume alcohol, a full understanding of what hours are considered on and off duty is the responsibility of the servicemember.

Family Separation Allowance (FSA) is an additional benefit offered to servicemembers when they are on assignment away from their family greater than 30 days. It is important to note that if a servicemember’s family accompanies the active duty member for the entire duration of the TDY, FSA would not be considered. However, FSA benefits do apply when dependents visit the servicemember for less than 30 consecutive days.

The eligibility for FSA may be extended to National Guard and wounded warriors, depending on the type, length, and restrictions of the TDY assignment.

Meal rates are based upon location, just like in the civilian world. Speaking with the Authorizing Official (AO) before going TDY to get a precise dollar amount for per diem is highly recommended. A portion, but not always the full amount of gratuity is also included in travel-related expenses.

An often-forgotten component of TDY rates includes factoring in “included” meals provided by the conference or government in your stay. If two out of three meals will be provided, rates may be reduced per day as well as any additional meals. Religious or dietary requirements are an exception to the policy if the traveler meets all requirements. All servicemembers should speak with their local Authorizing Official, command, and financial office to ensure they are fully up to speed.

Going TDY can provide an interesting change of pace and has the potential to put some extra cash in your pocket depending on your budget and personal preferences. If you are someone who likes to cook for yourself in a kitchenette you can save some money. But if you are expected to attend formal functions, eating out often, TDY can get expensive. With a little planning, your TDY experience can be a good one.

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Fort Worth police officer killed by motorist while working crash on I-35W; driver charged

Sgt. billy randolph was with the fort worth police department for nearly three decades..

12:40 PM on Aug 12, 2024 CDT — Updated at 2:40 PM on Aug 12, 2024 CDT

A longtime Fort Worth police officer died Monday after a wrong-way driver who police say was intoxicated hit him as he worked to clear a crash from Interstate 35W.

Sgt. Billy Randolph was working the crash of a tractor-trailer and resulting fire on the interstate early Monday. He was standing on the exit ramp to Sycamore School Road when he was hit by a car traveling the wrong way up the ramp.

Officers took Randolph, 56, to John Peter Smith Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

“We have a lot of hard days in policing,” Fort Worth police Chief Neil Noakes said during a news conference Monday afternoon. “None are as hard as this.”

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Police identified the driver as De Aujalae Evans, 25, of Fort Worth. She faces a charge of intoxication manslaughter causing the death of a peace officer, Noakes said.

Evans had not been booked into the Tarrant County jail at the time of the news conference, online records show. It wasn’t clear if she had an attorney. Bail will be set at $750,000, Noakes said.

In an earlier news conference outside the hospital, Noakes said it was clear police were addressing a prior crash on the interstate and that Evans plowed through protective barricades set up by authorities.

Noakes said Evans continued driving for about a quarter-mile after hitting Randolph before exiting the car — a Nissan Versa — and trying to flee police on foot. Officers at the scene arrested her.

The crash came hours into the police response. Val Lopez, a Texas Department of Transportation spokesperson, said the southbound lanes on I-35W at Sycamore School Road were closed from about 2:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. because of the crashes. The interchange ramps from I-20 to the southbound I-35W lanes also were closed.

The on-scene investigation by police determined Evans was possibly intoxicated, Noakes said. Police obtained a warrant to draw her blood for a toxicology test, the result of which the chief said would be finalized later this week.

“There is no excuse for drinking and driving. It is too easy to make plans beforehand or just use a ride service,” Noakes said. “Ms. Evans made a decision. Her decision was to get behind the wheel drunk. And because she did that, we lost one of Fort Worth’s finest.”

Randolph had been with the Fort Worth Police Department for 29 years. Noakes described the former U.S. Air Force airman as an honorable leader devoted to serving the community and the officers under his direction. Though Randolph could have retired years ago, he remained on the force, opting to work night shifts despite having the tenure to request “any shift, any days off” he wanted, the chief said.

In a statement on X, Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker said the driver’s “senseless act has left a void in our hearts and serves as a stark reminder of the risks our officers face every day to keep our streets safe.”

Randolph is survived by his wife and two children: a son and a daughter. Robert Mitchell, who addressed the media on their behalf, said Randolph served honorably and dedicated his life to his country and his community.

“Today, we lost a good man. We lost Billy, a faithful husband, father, grandfather, brother, son and a good friend of many of us,” Mitchell said.

Funeral arrangements were pending, Mitchell said. A candlelight vigil for Randolph will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the police department’s South Patrol Division, 3501 W. Risinger Road.

Randolph’s death comes days after Todd Tipton, a deputy with the Tarrant County sheriff’s office, was shot three times while serving a warrant, authorities said. The man police suspect of shooting Tipton, who survived, was killed in a gunfight with police.

Eighty-eight officers across the country have died in the line of duty this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a nonprofit that tracks officer deaths across the U.S. Eight, including Randolph, were hit by vehicles.

Chase Rogers , Staff writer . Chase Rogers is on the breaking news desk at The Dallas Morning News. He grew up in Granbury and attended Texas State University in San Marcos, where he studied journalism. He previously reported for the Austin American-Statesman and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.

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A duty of care? Archaeologists, wicked problems, and the future

Wicked Problems for Archaeologists: Heritage as Transformative Practice

This book demonstrates how archaeology can contribute to helping resolve some of the world's greatest challenges. It shows how archaeology can help address the ‘wicked’ problems of health and wellbeing and social injustice. It provides a novel framework for assessing the contemporary relevance of archaeology and cultural heritage practice.

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• August 17 th 2024

Archaeology needs to stay relevant. To do so, it will need to change, but that won’t be simple given how much needs to change, and how many of the things that need changing are systemic, firmly embedded both within disciplinary traditions and practice and within society. In many parts of the world, archaeology remains deeply colonial for example. Many consider it to be exclusive and privileged, while others find it meaningless.

Let me focus on the last of these statements: that it is ‘meaningless’. My work confronts this opinion head on, aligning the study of archaeology with contemporary global challenges to not only demonstrate the subject’s relevance, but to proclaim its central position in discussions of planetary health and global security. Archaeologists have a long tradition of collaborating across disciplinary boundaries. However, to take that central position successfully and with credibility, we need to be even more concerted as well as creative in the professional relationships we form, and in the types of work that we do.

Many people still associate archaeology with the study of ancient human societies, investigated usually through excavation. This work remains vital in promoting new knowledge and insight, while giving time-depth to those contemporary debates around, for example, human adaptation to a changing climate. However, archaeology has outgrown this traditional definition. Archaeology also views the world as it exists now and as it will exist in the future, making it a contemporary and future-oriented discipline that is both vibrant, relevant, and necessary.

Archaeologists now view the contemporary world through those same lenses that archaeologists used to study the ancient past, providing both perspective and focus. In terms of perspective, these lenses allow archaeologists to look critically at the evidence they uncover and create interpretations of human behaviours through the traces people have left behind. For the contemporary world, archaeology has the ability to use this evidence to render the supposedly familiar unfamiliar, or to call into question those things that we take for granted. These lenses also allow us to focus on specific topics, themes or places, with the agility to close in on detail at a micro-scale, or to pan out to encompass the bigger picture. Archaeologists (ideally working with scholars from other disciplines) can then relate these different scales of investigation to one another in ways that improve our understanding of global challenges such as climate change.

In my research I refer to ‘wicked problems’, a term created in the 1960s to describe those tough (and possibly, ultimately irresolvable) global challenges that threaten planetary health, human health, and security. CAs well as climate change, environmental pollution, health and wellbeing, social injustice and conflict are examples of such problems which are generally ill-formulated, where the information is confusing, involving decision makers with conflicting values, and where the ramifications in the whole system are incredibly complex. The adjective ‘wicked’ describes the evil quality of these problems, where proposed solutions often turn out to be worse than the symptoms.

Yet, I am optimistic due to the novel ways that archaeology can contribute to tackling some of these world’s most wicked problems through adopting what psychologists have referred to as a small-wins framework. Studying the past in ways that are creative, bold, and interdisciplinary, can create significant ‘small wins’.

As teachers, archaeologists can ensure that students are prepared for a career in which duty of care is both encouraged and embraced.

I referred earlier to the need for archaeology to change. While there are many examples of successful small wins that address wicked problems, such as York Archaeology’s current Archaeology on Prescription project or Rachael Kiddey’s Heritage and Homelessness work , many archaeologists do not see how their work aligns with wicked problems. Some may even question whether it should. I believe that all archaeological work has the potential to align with wicked problems through this small wins framework and, furthermore, that archaeologists have an obligation, a duty of care, to create opportunities for small wins. This isn’t necessarily the same as demonstrating ‘impact’, a term all archaeologists who apply for research funding will be familiar with. Duty of care is a responsibility, and arguably one that all citizens should take, acknowledging that small wins matter while being realistic about what they can achieve.

As teachers, archaeologists can ensure that students are prepared for a career in which duty of care is both encouraged and embraced. One example of this might be a familiarity amongst archaeologists with the language of policymakers, an understanding of how practice informs policy, and where and how archaeology can contribute to policy-making. As archaeologists we can also learn to work more effectively with communities to co-produce projects and facilitate community-led programmes, while finding new ways to promote the valuable collaborative work that we do, and its social relevance, to new audiences.

Of course, archaeologists cannot change the world on their own. But with this unique set of lenses at our disposal, and using the small wins framework, we can make a difference.

Featured image by Fateme Alaie via Unsplash .

Professor John Schofield researches cultural heritage management and contemporary archaeology in the Archaeology Department, University of York (UK). Prior to this he worked for Historic England’s Characterisation Team, where he developed a particular interest in understanding people’s attachment to everyday places. John holds adjunct status at the universities of Turku (Finland), Flinders (Australia) and Griffith (Australia). He is Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a member of the Chartered Institute of Archaeologists. His most recent book, Wicked Problems for Archaeologists: Heritage as Transformative Practice , was published by Oxford University Press in May 2024.

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Is an outline of the normal requirements of the specific duty position. Should show type of work required rather than frequently changing tasks. Is essential to performance counseling and evaluation. It is used during the first counseling session to tell the rated NCO what the duties are and what needs to be emphasized. May be updated during the rating period. Is used at the end of the rating period to record what was important about the duties.

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Mark your calendars! The Xbox Games Showcase will be livestreamed on June 9, 2024, starting at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST (additional time zones below).

Update 5/23 : Black Ops is back. We’re delighted to announce that our previously-redacted Direct broadcast will be a full show dedicated to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 . Read on for all the details and stay tuned to Xbox Wire for more on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct .

Like our double-feature last year with Starfield Direct, immediately following the Showcase we’ll be airing a special deep-dive into the next installment in the beloved Call of Duty franchise – Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Join us on June 9 for the Xbox Games Showcase followed by Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct .

This will also be our first Showcase featuring games from our portfolio of studios across Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda, and Xbox Game Studios, in addition to titles from our third-party partners.

You’ll be able to enjoy both of our June 9 livestreams live through a variety of outlets, and in over 30 languages, and American Sign Language and English Audio Descriptions:

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Airtime for the Xbox Games Showcase followed by Black Ops 6 Direct in local time zones:

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June 9’s double-feature broadcast also kicks off a week’s worth of coverage here on Xbox Wire and The Official Xbox Podcast, featuring updates and deep-dives on a ton of games.

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Jacob deGrom could be on a minor league rehab assignment as soon as next week.

Although it might be too late for the two-time Cy Young winner to lead the Texas Rangers back to the postseason, his return remains of great importance for the team's future.

deGrom threw to batters for the second time before Monday's series opener against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. deGrom threw about 40 pitches to Ezequiel Duran and Travis Jankowski, according to manager Bruce Bochy, who told reporters everything went well.

“I felt really good. The main thing is just now dialing in the off-speed stuff ," deGrom told MLB.com. "My changeup was good, but my slider was a little bit inconsistent. It's going to be about trying not to do too much when a batter steps in. But everything felt good, the location, honestly everything. My first inning, I thought, was really good. Then the second one, I wasn't locating at all, so that's the next step. Just lock everything in and go from there.”

Jankowski wasn't as stingy with his review of deGrom's stuff.

Jacob deGrom was throwing live BP earlier today. His first pitch? 99 MPH 🔥 pic.twitter.com/3qnz16bnwB — MLB (@MLB) August 13, 2024

"Nasty. I think he looked like a two-time Cy Young Award winner, one-time ERA leader," Jankowski told MLB.com. "That's why he is where he is, right? Not easy to pick up, ball gets on you really quick, and he's really, really good."

deGrom will face hitters in another live batting practice session on Friday in Arlington when the club is hosting the Minnesota Twins beginning Thursday night at Globe Life Field. The club will then decide where deGrom starts his rehab.

Triple-A Round Rock is on the road at Salt Lake from Aug. 20-25. Double-A Frisco, however, hosts San Antonio from Aug. 20-25. deGrom is likely to make his first rehab start of a couple of innings in Frisco, perhaps on Aug. 22, and make a second rehab start on Aug. 27 or 28 when the Express host Oklahoma City in Round Rock.

deGrom is likely to need four or five rehab starts with increasing pitch counts before being an option for the Rangers roster. If he stays on schedule, that's likely to be in early September.

Tyler Mahle , who had Tommy John surgery two weeks before deGrom in 2023, has been outstanding in his first two starts since returning to the Rangers. He's 0-1 with a 2.79 ERA and nine strikeouts in 9 2/3 innings.

Enjoy 45 seconds of Jacob deGrom facing hitters at Fenway Park. pic.twitter.com/WDFS6lyNGT — Shawn McFarland (@McFarland_Shawn) August 12, 2024

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Tim Walz's military record: What to know about potential VP's National Guard service

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, choosing a progressive yet plain-spoken VP candidate from America’s heartland to help her win over rural, white voters.

“I’m pleased to share that I’ve made my decision: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will join our campaign as my running mate,” Harris said via text to supporters. “Tim is a battle-tested leader who has an incredible track record of getting things done for Minnesota families. I know that he will bring that same principled leadership to our campaign, and to the office of the vice president.”

We look at Walz, a 60-year-old U.S. Army National Guard veteran, and his military career over the years.

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How long was Walz in the military?

Walz served in the military for 24 years, enlisting in the Nebraska National Guard at 17 in 1981 and then transferring to the Minnesota National Guard in 1996. He retired in 2005 to begin his successful run for the U.S. House, representing Minnesota as command sergeant major, among the highest ranks for enlisted soldiers. His battalion went on to deploy to Iraq shortly after Walz's retirement.

Walz specialized in heavy artillery and had proficiency ribbons in sharpshooting and hand grenades.

But during the 21 years that Walz spent working with large artillery pieces, he suffered hearing loss and tinnitus in both ears, Minnesota Public Radio reported. He was allowed to continue his service after undergoing surgery, which partially resolved his hearing loss.

Where did Walz serve, and what did he do in the National Guard?

During his service, Walz responded to natural disasters, including floods and tornadoes in Minnesota and Nebraska, and was deployed overseas for months at a time, according to MPR.

In 2003, he was sent to Italy, where he served with the European Security Force to support the war in Afghanistan. He was also stationed in Norway for joint training with other NATO militaries.

Walz told MPR that he reenlisted in the National Guard after the September 11 attacks but never saw active combat in his years in the military.

Stars and Stripes reported in 2020 that Walz credited his Army experience with helping him steer Minnesota through the COVID-19 pandemic as governor.

As governor of Minnesota, Walz is commander in chief of the 13,000-soldier Minnesota National Guard. “I’m certainly proud of my military service, but it’s one piece of me,” he told Minnesota Public Radio in 2018. “It doesn’t define me.”

Reuters and USA TODAY reporter Tom Vanden Brook contributed to this story.

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