Your overseas move. One clear next step.
A free app to organize your PCS checklist around your status, household and dates. Start with KMC today, and explore country guidance for your next move.
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Free. Always. No account required.
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Know what comes next.
Your next steps, local guidance and a shared plan—shaped around your move.
Reworked for 2.0. A clearer view of your move: what needs attention, what comes next, and how you’re progressing.
Official guidance links to its source wherever possible. Practical tips are clearly labeled.
Updating from Boris™ 1.x? Your saved profile and checklist progress stay on this device.
A PCS arrives in pieces.
One office has your orders. Another has housing. There’s a school form, a vet appointment, a lease in a language you don’t read yet, and a hotel receipt someone will ask for later. Boris™ puts those pieces in order around your move: your status, who’s moving with you, and your dates.
Your move. Your rules.
Not every PCS is the same. Tell Boris™ how you serve and who’s moving with you, and your steps change to match.
Choose your situation for a quick example.
Active duty Get the right tasks for your branch and stage.
Start with a checklist shaped by your status and branch. See what to bring, where to go, and when an office is open. Share progress with your partner through Team Up.
GS civilian Keep civilian steps separate from military ones.
Get a civilian-specific checklist and key dates. If TQSA applies to your move and your agency authorizes it, Boris™ can help you keep a meal and receipt log. Your agency confirms your actual eligibility.
Contractor Skip assumptions meant for service members.
See a contractor-specific checklist and local resources for your community. Use practical cancellation tools and templates where they are available for your destination; confirm contract-specific benefits with your employer.
NAF employee See the path that fits your employment status.
Get a NAF-specific checklist instead of sorting through military or GS steps. Key dates, local places, and daily-life guides help you prepare and settle into your new community.
DoWEA educator (formerly DoDEA) Boris asks how you were hired so your checklist can reflect the right path.
Tell Boris whether you moved for the job or were hired locally. Boris uses that answer to shape your checklist; your appointment paperwork and DoWEA personnel remain the final authority on benefits.
Check what has shipped ↗Useful before arrival, while settling in, and when it’s time to move again.
Choose a stage to see how your guide changes.
“I report to Ramstein in June. My family follows from the States in August.”
Start your checklist now. Adjust your household details when your family joins you.
Moving to Germany, Italy or Japan?
Start with your destination. App setup currently offers KMC; additional destination access is being verified.
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Italy
Japan
New orders to another base? Multi-base keeps your current base open while you plan the next one.
Your move stays yours.
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No account. No personal tracking.
No email, no login. Your answers stay on your phone.
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Checked against official sources
Linked to official sources wherever possible, so you can check for yourself.
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Built community by community
Local guidance is checked against sources for that destination, and depth grows over time.
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Independent
Not affiliated with the Department of Defense or any military branch. Boris™ sits beside official resources, not in place of them.
Boris™ is built in Landstuhl by a family that hosts arriving PCS families. Know your community well? Write for Boris™
“This app has been a game changer in our move here to Germany!”
“This is a great app for anyone PCSing into the KMC as it helps organize all the tasks you need to do. Once here, it provides lots of helpful info for day to day living.”
A few answers, when you need them.
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Is Boris™ free?
Yes. Boris™ is free for users, always. There is no subscription or premium tier.
What if my plans change?
Just update your move details in Boris™. Your guidance can adapt as your destination, timeline, household, or PCS status changes.
Which places does Boris™ cover?
New app setup currently offers the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) in Germany. This website also provides starting points for Germany, Italy and Japan; additional app destination access is being verified.
How much local detail there is varies by community. The KMC, where Boris™ started, has the most.
What makes Boris™ different from a checklist?
Boris™ does more than give you a list of tasks.
It brings key parts of your PCS together in one place:
- Tasks tailored to your move, status, and branch
- Documents you may need
- Local offices and contact information
- Practical local guidance
- Official sources where applicable
- Support for PCS In, getting settled, and PCS Out
Is Boris™ affiliated with DoWEA (formerly DoDEA) or a government office?
No.
Boris™ is independently built and operated. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, funded by, or officially supported by the U.S. Department of Defense or any government agency.
Boris™ is designed to complement — not replace — official PCS resources.
We link to official sources whenever possible so you can verify important information yourself.
We are also open to working with government offices and organizations serving military families when that can make PCS information easier to access and understand.
What information do I need to share?
Only the details needed to personalize your PCS guidance.
Depending on the feature, that may include things such as your destination, household, branch, status, or move stage.
Boris™ is designed to collect as little personal information as possible.
You can review the Privacy Policy for a complete explanation of what is stored, what stays on your device, and how Boris™ handles data.
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