It’s costing more for troops moving pets overseas. Here’s some help
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Fritzi, a corgi, sits in a dog crate at the Ramstein Passenger Terminal, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 29, 2020. (Airman 1st Class Taylor D. Slater/Air Force)
With fewer options for transporting pets to and from overseas during a permanent change of station move, service members may find they’re having to pay more to ship their pets.
While the military does have a lower-cost PCS option for shipping pets with their families on government-contracted Patriot Express flights going to and from overseas, it’s space available only for pets, and first come, first served. Service members will in some cases need to use pet shipping services, which can cost thousands of dollars, depending on the size of the pet and where it’s going to or coming from.