Storage that works around your PCS orders

PPM moves

A container is an approved way to move yourself

Yes. If you are doing a personally procured move (a PPM, once called a DITY move), the Military OneSource PPM fact sheet, dated March 2026, lists “Rent portable moving and storage containers” as one of the ways to do it.

Approval comes first. The fact sheet puts it plainly: “Before moving, you must have your official orders and get approval from your TO.” The TO is your installation transportation office (TMO/PPPO/DMO), and the counseling appointment there produces your PPM Checklist and Expense Certification form in the Defense Personal Property System. Book that appointment before you book a container.

The money works differently from a move the government arranges. When you choose a PPM, the fact sheet says you “will be paid 100% of the Government Constructed Cost (GCC)”, the amount the government would have paid a government-provided company for the same move and storage. It comes as a single payment, and the final figure follows the actual weight you move, verified with weight tickets, up to your authorized weight entitlement.

Our part is the container. We deliver it to your address in San Diego County, you load it at ground level over as many evenings as checkout allows, and when you call to schedule pickup we take it to our facility or to your next address in the county. Storage at our facility is quoted in writing. We have not confirmed delivery inside any installation’s gates, so plan on an off-base address.

Rent is $99 a month for a Standard or $175 for a Large, and delivery and pickup are quoted in writing. See container prices, line by line.

Time limits

The 90-day limit

PPM storage is reimbursable for up to 90 days for service members, or 60 days for DoW civilians, and never above the Government Constructed Cost. Weight tickets, storage contracts and receipts are required.

An extension is possible but not routine. The Navy lets members ask for up to 90 more days by contacting the responsible Personal Property Office with a copy of their orders and a completed DD Form 1857, and it says all requests are being scrutinized carefully. Requests for convenience, such as waiting for a house to be built or having chosen smaller housing, will not be approved.

A container rents month to month, so you can keep it longer if the next house is not ready. Anything past your authorized storage period is at your own cost, though. When you book, tell us your report date and the day your storage authorization ends, and we plan the pickup around both.

From the Military OneSource PPM fact sheet and NAVSUP pages listed under Sources. Confirm your own entitlement with your transportation office.

NTS and deployment

Is a rented container the same as non-temporary storage?

No. Non-temporary storage (NTS) is long-term storage the government arranges under your entitlement for belongings you are not shipping to the new duty station. A container you rent from One Stop Moving & Storage is a private rental, which you can use for the temporary storage part of a PPM.

The Department of War’s NTS fact sheet (February 2026) says personnel can use their NTS entitlement to place personal property in long-term storage, and Military OneSource describes NTS as long-term storage of belongings you do not ship to your new duty station. Your transportation office sets NTS up; you do not book it with a storage company yourself.

Deployment storage in San Diego works differently. If you deploy and keep your home or lease here, a container can stay on your property, or we can collect it loaded and keep it at our facility, month to month. Visits there are by appointment, Monday to Saturday, 7 AM to 7 PM. Whether any of that is reimbursable is a question for your transportation office, not for us.