MLR-09 · MILITARY LIFE RECORD
Vehicles, Travel & Transportation
MLR-09: Government and private vehicles, driver status, official travel, commuting, personal deviation, PCS/TDY transportation, crashes, and property movement.
Controlling research question
Determine driver, duty status, ownership, mission purpose, location, time, route, and deviation before selecting a claim or reimbursement regime.
Core records to preserve
Vehicle and insurance records; orders; dispatch records; travel authorizations; vouchers; crash reports; photos; witness information; shipment records.
Chronology and evidence testing
- Record the event date separately from the date a document was created.
- Identify the person, component, unit, duty status, location, and issuing office where they matter.
- Separate a record’s express statement from inference, family recollection, or a later summary.
- Preserve conflicts rather than silently harmonizing them; record negative searches by repository, query, dates, and coverage.
Key evidence pathways
- Orders, Assignments & Travel
- Pay & Finance Records
- Vehicle & Transportation Records
- Claims, Decisions & Appeals
Related navigation guides
- Pcs Household Goods Relocation
- Tdy Official Travel Reimbursement
- Vehicle Accidents Military Claims Federal Claims
Authority and effective-date discipline
This Life Record chapter organizes chronology and evidence. It does not by itself state current eligibility, entitlement, deadline, or legal effect. For a rule-dependent question, identify the governing statute, regulation, departmental instruction, program guidance, or decision effective on the relevant date and use the linked Navigation Guide for the current pathway.
Preservation standard
Keep the best available source copy unchanged. Store edited, OCR, transcription, annotation, or working versions separately. Record creator, date/covered period, repository, exact locator, provenance, proposition supported, express limitations, and derivative lineage.
