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Space Available Travel: Reserve and Guard members

When not on Active Duty, authorized National Guard members and Reservists as well as authorized Reserve component members entitled to retired pay at age 60 (gray area retirees) may fly within the CONUS and directly within/ between the CONUS and Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (Guam and American Samoa travelers may transit Hawaii or Alaska). Dependents are not authorized to travel Space A with these members.

In order to fly Space available, Guard, Reserve and members of the Standby Reserve who are on the active status list must present a Military ID Card and DD Form 1853, Authentication of Reserve Status for Travel Eligibility. The same is true of retired Guard and Reserve personnel entitled to pay at age 60, but have not reached retirement age (60). This "gray area" retirement eligible group must present their ID card (Red) and retirement eligibility notice or possess a red DD Form 2 which has been generated from the DEERS database.

Reserves or Guard placed on active duty in excess of 30 days may travel Space A to any location authorized for Space A travel on presentation of a Military ID Card, orders placing the member active duty, and a valid leave authorization or evidence of pass status as required by the Service concerned. Dependents are authorized to travel when accompanied by members on active duty in excess of 30 days.

For space-available travel eligibility, once the retirement age of 60 is reached and member is receiving retirement pay, no distinction is made between members retired from the Reserves/Guard and members retired from active duty. Dependents of these retirees are authorized to travel Space A when accompanied by the sponsor

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