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Originally Posted by smmossey
So I received a call today regarding my orders for OBLC this summer. I had been calling around the Army HPSP office for a few days now regarding my status. According to the phone call I had received a seat, which is great because I wanted to complete this before starting med school so that I could take a vacation between MS1 and MS2. Even though he said I had a seat I thought it may be a good idea to edge on the side of caution and wait for my actual orders in the mail.
I would check my AKO email, but I haven't been able to get this stupid thing to work for about 4 months now considering it has never been "approved by my sponsor". Despite numerous attempts to contact the Army help desk, and get this fixed it's never been fixed.
Anyway my concern is the ticket to get down to San Antonio for the summer. I don't want to wait to long or not get reimbursed for my ticket. Should I just wait for my physical orders in the mail? Or should I go ahead and purchase a ticket to arrive June 12th? Uniform and miscellaneous other items should be alright considering my recruiter said he'd spend a few hours making sure I got all the right uniform items.
Any insight would be very helpful thank you.
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Never,
NEVER purchase a ticket for ADT while you are in HPSP. Once your orders have been cut, you need to contact Carlson Travel (the
ONLY authorized travel agent) to arrange your travel. The phone number to contact Carlson can be found on the MODS website.
While I'm at it, do not allow Carlson to book you a flight on any day prior to the start and finish listed on your orders. Your orders are very specific and state that "Travel must be performed within the 45 days". Carlson books travel for everyone, not just HPSP. Most orders (other than HPSP) allow for reporting to and from "on or about" a certain date. Your ADT orders do not.