PCS

Soldiers' station changes

PCS stands for Permanent Change of Station, the U.S. military term for an official relocation of a service member to a new duty location: We're PCSing to Germany next month.

The term extends to the verb form and related compounds like PCS orders and PCS move.

In telecommunications, PCS also refers to Personal Communications Service, a type of digital wireless phone network.

telecom

wireless

Untethered signal transmission

military

relocation

Permanent change of residence

Opposites
assignment duration

PCStemporary duty

Short-term work assignment

deployment · detachment

movement vs. stability

PCShomesteading

Self-reliant land-based lifestyle

ETS · separation · retirement

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Family

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