Yes, JTR is still very relevant today and is actively used and updated monthly as the primary travel regulation for Department of Defense military members and civilian employees. JTR stands for Joint Travel Regulations, published by Defense Travel Management Office, DTMO, and governs all official travel for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Space Force, and DoD civilians. JTR is still relevant because DoD personnel travel millions of times per year for Temporary Duty TDY, Permanent Change of Station PCS, training, and deployments, and need clear rules for reimbursement. JTR defines per diem rates, airfare class, rental car, mileage, lodging receipts, and use of Defense Travel System DTS, which is still mandatory for DoD travel booking. JTR is updated monthly to reflect changes in GSA per diem rates, airline policies, and laws. As of 2024 and 2025, JTR has been restructured into more user-friendly format but remains authoritative. Other federal agencies use Federal Travel Regulation FTR, but DoD still uses JTR as its implementation of FTR. So JTR is not outdated, it is current, relevant, and required for all DoD official travel, with non-compliance resulting in denial of reimbursement. So yes, JTR is still relevant today and will continue to be relevant as long as DoD travels.
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