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In the United States Armed Forces, a permanent change of station (PCS) is the assignment, detail, or transfer of a member or unit to a different duty station under competent orders which neither specify the duty as temporary, nor provide for further assignment to a new station, nor direct return to the old station. (For a more detailed ...
VP-50 was a long-lived Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy, having held that designation for 39 years from 1953 to 1992.Its nickname was the Blue Dragons.Originally established as VP-917 on 18 July 1946, redesignated Medium Patrol Squadron (Landplane) VP-ML-67 on 15 November 1946, redesignated VP-892 in February 1950, redesignated VP-50 on 4 February 1953 and disestablished on 30 June 1992.
1950: VP-45 received a permanent change of station to NAS Norfolk to participate in experiments with specially modified PBM-5 aircraft to transport Marine assault forces to the beach. VP-45 P5M-2 flies over Soviet Foxtrot submarine 911 and USS Charles P. Cecil during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
1 December 1963: VP-9 was given a change of permanent duty station from NAS Alameda to NAS Moffett Field, California. During December the squadron began the transition to the P-3A Orion. 12 November 1964: VP-9 deployed to WestPac, based at NAF Naha, Okinawa, patrolling the Formosa Strait, South China Sea, Yellow Sea and Philippine Sea. The ...
Permanent change of station, to be permanently moved to a new post in the U.S. armed forces; Personal Clothing System, designation of British Army No. 8 Combat Dress; A US Navy hull classification symbol: Patrol craft sweeper (PCS)
VP-62 was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy.The squadron was established Fleet Air Photographic Squadron, Atlantic Fleet (FltAirPhotoRonLant), on 3 May 1942, redesignated Fleet Air Photographic Squadron 2 (FAPS-2) on 11 October 1942, redesignated Photographic Squadron 2 (VD-2) on 1 March 1943, redesignated Patrol Squadron (Photographic) 2 (VPP-2) on 15 November 1946, redesignated Patrol ...
Qualified active-duty Armed Forces members can deduct the miles they drive while moving, as long as the move stems from a military order for a permanent change of station.
VP-48 was a long-lived Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy, nicknamed the Boomerangers from 1975 to 1980, and the Boomers from 1981 to 1991. It was established as Reserve Patrol Squadron VP-905 in May 1946, redesignated Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane) VP-HL-51 on 15 November 1946, redesignated VP-731 in February 1950, redesignated VP-48 on 4 February 1953 and disestablished on 23 May 1991.