The federal Joint Travel Regulations, JTR, are the official regulations governing travel and transportation allowances for members of the Uniformed Services, Department of Defense civilian employees, and their dependents when traveling on official business. JTR is published by the Defense Travel Management Office, DTMO, under Department of Defense, and implements travel laws passed by Congress and policies from General Services Administration Federal Travel Regulation. JTR covers all aspects of official travel, including per diem rates for lodging and meals, transportation modes like airfare, rental car, and privately owned vehicle mileage, lodging reimbursement, incidental expenses, and special travel like permanent change of station PCS, temporary duty TDY, and deployment. JTR defines what expenses are reimbursable, receipt requirements, 75 dollar threshold, approval process, and use of Defense Travel System DTS for booking and vouchering. JTR is divided into chapters covering general travel, TDY, PCS, and overseas travel. It ensures uniform travel policy across Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, and DoD civilians. JTR is updated monthly and available online at DTMO website. Federal employees must follow JTR to get reimbursed, and failure to follow can result in denial of reimbursement. JTR also covers dependent travel, evacuation, and emergency travel. So JTR is comprehensive DoD travel rulebook that governs how service members and DoD civilians travel, what they can claim, and how they are reimbursed for official travel, ensuring consistency and compliance with federal law.
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