Cheers! Also wonering does it get calculated by distance/mileage?

Originally Posted by The_Snail

Originally Posted by devexwarrior

I am a bit beyond the JPA footprint in sunny climes: Can someone link me or tell me how to get the correct form to apply for Substitution Pay. If I am doing someone elses job I want the money!!

Thanks

DW

Mate, it's on ArmyNet, but I can't open it because it's a .ofw (?) file.

It's a AF 09620 if that's any help though. See if this linky thing works (which it doesn't - no ofw files allowed )

Do you know the form number for officers?

Is it not JPA E005 Application / Authority for Substitution Pay now? AF09620 etc is dead?

Originally Posted by Mongoose

Is it not JPA E005 Application / Authority for Substitution Pay now? AF09620 etc is dead?

Mongoose, you are entirely correct. I hereby accept the award for JPA Mong of the Month.

On a different note, has anyone else received the e-mail explaining how to do a V-Look up type thingy? Does it make any sense to you, or is it just me (and about 5 others who have phoned me about it)?

Made no sense to me at all, luckily we only have about 5 regulars so by doing about 10 different nominal rolls I was able to deduct that we had no extra people floating around that shouldn't be. But yes that email was total bollocks and pretty much everyone else Ive spoken to has said the same!

Ah yes, the wonder that is V-look up.

I found it made much more sense once I deleted the email

I have recently joined one of the Army recruiting teams. When i joined them they they had only just been moved from there previous location after having been given 4 days notice to pack up and leave a location they had been based at for years. Because of this, i have never been taken online onto JPA by the previous unit that administered the team and so am still on my previous units JPA. The base we have moved to now will not administer me as a new assignment order has not been sent from the people who were meant to take me on. The result of this is that i cannot make any claims, of which i have plenty from working in London daily and having to purchase my own food(which is not cheap in London). This is the same for the rest of my colleagues. I have been told many a time that it is in the 'pipeline' but the amount of money that i am having to spend to look after myself daily is stacking up with no date for a solution. We are also entitled to Home to duty travel due to the fact that because of the very rapid move from one place to another we have been accomodated like travellers within the skankiest accomodation i have had the pleasure of staying at in Aldershot(which is a whole other topic!). And so we have to travel daily to our place of work some 11 miles away, before heading to our tasks within London. Does anyone know how our pay issues can be resolved?

Is there any other claims we may be entitled too? We live in aldershot but work most days inside the M25, where we purchase our daily food, surely we must be entitled to our £5 daily London pay? Or is that just the decision makers living in London in there nice pads?

I know from talking to people within some of the corps Recruiting teams that they have claimed there £1000 clothing allowance so to purchase uniform civilian clothing to advertise there corps. The people i work with tell me that our main person in charge does not want us to claim this allowance. Once again, he will be ok as he will already have claimed his i suppose.

Recruiting is supposed to be the second highest priority of the armed forces after operations. So why are the people who are doing this task being treated like absolute rubbish? The 3 main things that will affect an soldiers morale and ability to do his job well are, Pay, food and accomodation and presently we are lacking all 3. Some help please!

Originally Posted by jt9563

Ah yes, the wonder that is V-look up.

I found it made much more sense once I deleted the email

JT, we have discussed this at length and we both still have no idea how it works. Apparently, our unit was used as one of the guinea pigs and it worked. Bollocks - if anyone would have tried to run that, it would have been me and I didn't - hence the phone calls from around the world. I know the person who thought it would be a great idea, and he is a complete tosser, but that's besides the point. How can you mix/match a JPA nominal roll against a - get ready for it - JPA nominal roll?

I might phone the wanker up and ask him to come and explain it to me, considering I'm meant to have made it oh so simple in the first place.

Mind you, I did get a call from someone who didn't even know how to run a nominal roll off

Originally Posted by The_Snail

Originally Posted by jt9563

Ah yes, the wonder that is V-look up.

I found it made much more sense once I deleted the email

JT, we have discussed this at length and we both still have no idea how it works. Apparently, our unit was used as one of the guinea pigs and it worked. Bollocks - if anyone would have tried to run that, it would have been me and I didn't - hence the phone calls from around the world. I know the person who thought it would be a great idea, and he is a complete tosser, but that's besides the point. How can you mix/match a JPA nominal roll against a - get ready for it - JPA nominal roll?

I might phone the wanker up and ask him to come and explain it to me, considering I'm meant to have made it oh so simple in the first place.


Mind you, I did get a call from someone who didn't even know how to run a nominal roll off

Sorry to be a saddo but I use V and H lookup regularly in spreadsheets - if you need a better explanation of how to use it have a look on Excel help or even google .

PW

Forgive me if I'm being a bit of a mong.

I'm trying to claim money back for a medical prescription where I had to pay for medicine on a weekend where there was no military Pharmacist available.

I checked with the Med Centre and they told me that I can claim but I can't see where on JPA to do it!

While I can select Medical/Dental claims on the first page of the claim, I can't find anything related on the next page - it all seems to be travel related.

Am I being thick?

Tubs