Official Modes of Travel for the US Department of Defense

written by Tim Booher on April 3, 2012 in Career & Productivity

This one should be simple, but it is not. I just wanted to know what to put on an Air Force form 938 for “MODE OF TRAVEL”. This wasn’t easy.

In the JFTR, https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/Docs/Training/DTA_App_C.pdf

Appendix K,
Table K-3 associates each travel mode with its description, expense category,
and single threshold.

OTHER TRANSPORTATION TYPE	MODE	DESCRIPTION	EXPENSE CATE	SINGLE THRESH
Comm Bus	CB	Bus Fare	COM. CARR.-I	500
CTO Fee (Central Bill)	CF-C	CTO FEE (GOVCC-C)	COM. CARR.-C	150
CTO Fee (Indiv Bill)	CF	CTO FEE (GOVCC-I)	COM. CARR.-I	150
Comm Air (Indiv Bill)	CP	Air Fare (GOVCC-I)	COM. CARR.-I	1500
Comm Air (Central Bill)	CP-C	Air Fare (GOVCC-C)	COM. CARR.-C	1500
Comm Rail (Indiv Bill)	CR	Train Fare (GOVCC-I)	COM. CARR.-I	300
Comm Rail (Central Bill)	CR-C	Train Fare (GOVCC-C)	COM. CARR.-C	300
	CV	Ship Fare	COM. CARR.-C	300
	DGV	POC Use-Gov Vehicle Available	MILEAGE	0
	GA	Government Auto	TRANSPORT	0
	GB	Government Bus	TRANSPORT	0
	GP	Government Plane	COM. CARR.-G	0
	GV	Government Vessel	TRANSPORT	0
	GVA	POC Use-Dedi-cated Gov Vehicle	MILEAGE	0
	PA	Pvt Auto-TDY/TAD	MILEAGE	500
	PAL	Pvt Auto-Local	MILEAGE	200
	PAS	Passenger (No Claim)	TRANSPORT	0
	PAT	Pvt Auto-Terminal	MILEAGE	50
	PM	Private Motorcycle	MILEAGE	500
	PP	Private Plane	MILEAGE	500
	PV	Private Vessel	TRANSPORT	500
	TB	Prepaid Bus	COM. CARR.-T	0
	TP	Prepaid Plane	COM. CARR.-T	0
	TR	Prepaid Rail	COM. CARR.-T	0
	TV	Prepaid Vessel	COM. CARR.-T	0
	CA	Commercial Auto	RENTAL CAR	500