PCS Tool · Timeline Calculator

Your PCS, mapped to your Report Date.

Generic guides give you a generic timeline. Enter your actual Report Date and we'll calculate every milestone backward from it — VA loan pre-approval, SCRA lease termination notice, HHG pack-out, school enrollment, move-in window. Exportable to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Outlook.

When do you need to report?

We don't store your date. Everything is computed in your browser.

Here's what your timeline will look like

Example

Sample milestones from a real PCS sequence. Enter your Report Date above and yours will calculate to the day, with cross-links into the 10-stage moving guide.

Now
Register the move in DPS / move.mil
Open the HHG file the day orders hit. The booking window depends on it.
D-90 → D-60
Start VA loan pre-approval (if buying)
Pre-approval underwriting runs 30–60 days. Lock your rate early.
D-60 → D-45
SCRA lease termination notice (if renting)
Send written notice with orders attached. Federal right; no early-termination penalty.
D-30 → D-14
HHG pack-out & in-transit storage
Confirm packers, photograph high-value items, decide what travels with you.