USAFE to use Defense Travel System for deployment entitlements Published June 29, 2011 By Staff Reports SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- All financial services offices are leading a new initiative that will decrease the time it takes to pay Airmen for contingency, exercise and deployment travel. Due to the new Air Force directive to standardize comptroller squadrons' procedures, deployment travel entitlements will now be processed in the Defense Travel System. Spangdahlem Air Base will begin using the new system July 1. This means deploying Airmen will still process through their installation deployment readiness office and obtain official CED orders. However, the travel details from the CED orders will now be loaded in DTS. The benefits from this change include automation of partial payments and streamlining the process of submitting the final voucher. Ultimately, this new procedure will result in more timely payments to Airmen. The goal is to ensure USAFE is prepared for this transition by ensuring each base has tested their procedures and is ready to kick off this change. For more information, call the 52nd Comptroller Squadron at DSN 452-6730.