Partial PPM for active duty, guard, reserve, and retirees
Military Partial PPM
Partial PPM support for the home and family side of your PCS.
We coordinate the household portion of your Personally Procured Move so you can keep the reimbursement. Pack, weigh, load, and paperwork done to PCS standards, timed around your report date.
Overview
What this service actually is.
Most of our PCS clients run a Partial PPM: the government moves part of your household goods and you take the rest yourself for the reimbursement. TruMove runs the family side of that move so you can focus on orders, in-processing, and everything else the service is asking of you.
You still get a real carrier crew, a real truck, and the paperwork the finance office actually needs to release your incentive: certified empty and full weight tickets, itemized inventory, and receipts organized for your travel voucher.
Certified empty and full weight tickets, signed and stamped for the finance office.
Real jobs, not brochure copy
Where military partial ppm actually gets called in.
Partial PPM for a family of four
Government-booked TSP handled bulk furniture; TruMove coordinated the kids' rooms, kitchen, and essentials the family needed on arrival week with a vetted carrier. Certified CAT weight tickets pulled at load, voucher packet handed over at delivery.
Retirement PCS to home of record
Final move out of San Diego with 90-day SIT while the retiree closed on a house in Tennessee. Paperwork prepared for the retirement PPM entitlement.
Short-notice CONUS PCS
Orders received 18 days out. TruMove coordinator prioritized the load date with the assigned carrier, weigh-in completed at origin, delivery landed inside the report window.
Gear, materials & paperwork
How it works
A predictable move, step by step.
Orders review
Send us your orders. TruMove confirms PPM entitlement, authorized weight, and how the household portion fits around your report date.
Survey and quote
A short virtual survey builds an inventory and estimated weight so you know the reimbursement math before load day.
Certified weigh-in
The carrier pulls the empty weight ticket before load and the full weight ticket after load. Signed, stamped, and yours.
Load and deliver
Direct haul to your new duty station by the assigned carrier. Same crew loads and unloads. No warehouse transfers.
Voucher packet
You receive a bound packet with weight tickets, inventory, and receipts ready to submit to finance.
Scope & pricing
What's included and what actually drives your price.
No lowball hooks. Estimates are binding-not-to-exceed, rooted in the carrier's published tariff and the specifics of your move.
- PCS-aware TruMove coordinator familiar with Partial PPM requirements
- Certified empty and full weight tickets from a legal (CAT) scale
- Itemized inventory in a format finance offices accept
- Professional pack, load, transport, and unload of the household portion by the assigned carrier
- Receipts organized into a voucher-ready packet
- Coordination around your report date and household timing
- Authorized weight allowance for your rank and dependents
- Portion of household you're moving under PPM vs. TSP
- Distance under the Government Constructed Cost
- Origin and destination base access
- Storage-in-transit if the report date is offset
- Full DPS-managed HHG shipments (that's the TSP portion the government books)
- OCONUS / international PCS moves
- Filing your travel voucher for you (we hand you the paperwork; you submit)
FAQ
Answers before you ask.
The questions we get most often about military partial ppm.
What is a Partial PPM?
You let the government book part of your HHG shipment through a TSP and personally move the rest for reimbursement. Most families use it to keep the belongings they need quickly (kids' rooms, kitchen, essentials) with them, while the bulk ships through DPS.
Do I still get reimbursed if TruMove coordinates it?
Yes. A PPM reimburses you up to the Government Constructed Cost for the weight you personally move. Hiring a professional carrier through a broker like TruMove doesn't disqualify you as long as documentation is complete.
What weight tickets do I need?
Certified empty and full weight tickets from a legal (usually CAT) scale for each vehicle used to move your goods. The carrier pulls both and gives you the signed originals.
Can you support short-notice PCS?
We prioritize orders-driven timelines whenever carrier capacity allows. Send us your orders the day you receive them for the best chance at your preferred load date.
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