CPTS provides customer service options

Story and photo by 1st Lt. Kay M. Nissen
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Airman 1st Class Joshua Cash, 86th Comptroller Squadron military pay technician, checks off a customer from the sign-in sheet at the financial services office customer service counter Tuesday on Ramstein.
Airman 1st Class Joshua Cash, 86th Comptroller Squadron military pay technician, checks off a customer from the sign-in sheet at the financial services office customer service counter Tuesday on Ramstein.

To aid customers during PCS season, the 86th Comptroller Squadron financial services office provides a customer service counter from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday in Bldg. 2108.

The FSO counter provides services for temporary lodging allowance, advance pay, advance housing allowance, advance dislocation allowance, myPay pin resets and payments at the cashier’s cage for debts and advances.

“Utilizing these customer counter services will ease a member’s PCS experience during our busiest time of the year,” said 2nd Lt. Emily Angell, 86th CPTS FSO flight commander. “We have added advances and TLA drop-offs to our counter to ensure these critical pay requests are processed immediately.”

Customers are encouraged to bring completed forms and necessary documents to the customer service counter. A copy of a member’s PCS orders is required for all advance payments and TLA.

Additionally, customers should bring their port call date for advance DLA, DD Form 2560 for advance military pay, and AF Form 1039 with front and back side of their lease for advance housing allowance.

For TLA drop offs, customers should bring AF Form 1357 (provided by the housing office), lodging receipt, statement of non-availability (if applicable) and a value-added tax form (if applicable).

If a customer cannot bring a completed form for their requested advance, one will be provided for them at the customer service counter.

“Our goal is to offer additional attention for essential financial advances,” Angell said. “We want to ensure our customers avoid any delay in receiving advances, which will make their PCS to and from Germany more manageable.”

For access to needed forms, visit the “Finance Customer Service” link online at www.ramstein.af.mil.