Standard
5×8×8 ft · 320 cu ft
$99/mo
- Delivery and pickup quoted in writing for your address
- 25 free moving boxes
- Month to month
One Stop Moving & Storage · Military PCS
One Stop Moving & Storage rents portable storage containers for PCS moves in San Diego County: $99 a month for a Standard and $175 for a Large, with discounts for active duty and veterans on request. The Defense Department lists renting a portable storage container as one way to do a personally procured move. Get approval first, keep the paperwork the Navy asks for, and plan around the 90-day storage limit. These containers are rented, delivered and loaded by One Stop Moving & Storage, a licensed San Diego mover since 2008 at 6260 Marindustry Dr STE B, San Diego, CA 92121. Call (858) 633-8600.
Updated
If you are doing a personally procured move (a PPM, once called a DITY move), a portable container is not a workaround. The Military OneSource fact sheet on PPMs, 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 you keep what you do not spend, minus taxes. The final figure follows the actual weight you move, verified with weight tickets, up to your authorized weight entitlement.
Our part is the container. The Standard container is 5×8×8 ft with 320 cubic feet, and the Large is 7×8×8 ft with 448. We deliver to your address in San Diego County, you load it over as many evenings as checkout allows, and with 24 hours' notice we collect it for our facility or your next address in the county. Storage at our facility, including the trip there and back, is quoted separately, in writing. For a new duty station outside the county, we can ship the loaded container to the 48 continental states, quoted in writing. We have not confirmed delivery inside any installation's gates, so plan on an off-base address.
Take your orders to your installation transportation office (TMO/PPPO/DMO) and get the PPM approved before anything moves. Keep the checklist and expense certification from counseling with your move paperwork.
Get certified empty and full weight tickets for each segment of the move. The Navy wants each ticket to show your name, the last five digits of your SSN and the weigh master's signature. We do not provide weight tickets.
Keep your storage agreement and a paid-in-full receipt for each completed month; the Navy does not reimburse prepaid months. When the container leaves storage, keep the pickup confirmation as proof the property was removed.
PPM storage has a ceiling on time and on money. The fact sheet says service members are authorized 90 days of temporary storage, or 60 days for DoW civilians, "not to exceed the Government Constructed Cost", and that 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 claim for storage past the first 90 days has to include the DD Form 1857 showing that approval.
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 will plan the pickup with both in mind.
| PCS scenario | Option | Cost or reimbursement |
|---|---|---|
| Doing a PPM (DITY) move | Rent a container. Military OneSource lists portable containers as one way to do a PPM. Get your orders and transportation office approval first. | Storage is reimbursable for up to 90 days (60 for DoW civilians), not above the Government Constructed Cost. The Navy does not reimburse prepaid months. |
| New home in San Diego County | Load the container on your driveway, then we carry it to your next address | $99/mo Standard or $175/mo Large; delivery, pickup and the move to the new address quoted in writing. |
| A gap between homes | We collect it sealed with 24 hours' notice and keep it at our storage facility | Quoted separately, in writing. |
| Moving into base housing | Call us before you book. We have not confirmed delivery inside any installation's gates, so plan to load and unload at an off-base address. | The same county-wide prices |
| Storage runs past your authorized period | Keep renting month to month, or ask your transportation office about an extension (the Navy uses DD Form 1857) | Past your authorized period, the monthly rate is your own cost |
| New duty station outside San Diego County | We ship the loaded container to the 48 continental states | Quoted in writing |
Reimbursement rules from the Military OneSource PPM fact sheet and the NAVSUP pages listed under Sources, checked Sep 2026. Confirm your own entitlement with your transportation office before you book.
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SourceInstallation address: 3rd St & Alameda Blvd., Coronado, CA 92118. NAS North Island is at 300 Alameda Blvd., Coronado, CA 92118.
SourceInstallation Front Gate, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106.
Source6200 Miramar Way, San Diego, CA 92145. About 5 miles by road from our Sorrento Valley office, by our routing estimate.
SourceCamp Pendleton, CA 92055. The base is in North San Diego County, with the Main Gate at its south end next to Oceanside.
Source1600 Iwo Jima Ave, Bldg. 1, San Diego, CA 92140-5287.
Source5×8×8 ft · 320 cu ft
$99/mo
7×8×8 ft · 448 cu ft
$175/mo
Check your ZIP, pick a size and see your first-month total. Have your report date and storage authorization handy when you call.
Questions
Yes. The Military OneSource PPM fact sheet, dated March 2026, lists renting portable moving and storage containers as a way to do a personally procured move. Get your orders and approval from your installation transportation office first, then keep weight tickets, the storage contract and paid-in-full receipts for the claim.
It can, within limits. PPM storage is reimbursable for up to 90 days, or 60 for DoW civilians, and not above the Government Constructed Cost. You need approval from your transportation office before the move, plus certified weight tickets, the storage contract and a paid-in-full receipt for each completed month.
The Navy's audit list asks for the storage agreement stating its terms, original paid-in-full receipts for the completed storage period, and evidence the property left storage, such as a vacate notice. Prepaid months are not reimbursed. Add certified empty and loaded weight tickets, and a DD Form 1857 for storage past 90 days.
Yes, but past your authorized period the cost is yours. A container rents month to month. The Navy lets members request up to 90 more days with a DD Form 1857, scrutinizes every request, and will not approve one for convenience, such as waiting on a house being built. Ask your transportation office early.
A few miles. Our office is in Sorrento Valley, 92121, and MCAS Miramar's published address is 6200 Miramar Way, San Diego, 92145. Our routing estimate puts that at about 5 miles by road, roughly 10 minutes without traffic. Your own trip depends on the address and the time of day.
Yes. Active duty service members and veterans get a discount on request; ask when you reserve. Before the discount, a Standard container is $99 a month and a Large is $175, with delivery and pickup quoted in writing.
Yes, to the 48 continental states, quoted in writing before booking. Inside San Diego County we can also carry the sealed container to a new address or to our facility, each quoted in writing.