Declutter your home by losing half your stuff while PCSing
Even if it brings you joy, it's probably out of here.
Gray Sea Liu
November 01, 2023
DOD movers prepare household goods for dumping in ocean/ being lost in warehouse
YOKOSUKA, Japan— Many Americans deal with clutter. However, a young enterprising Sailor has found a straightforward solution- for US service members at least: execute a Permanent Change of Station (PCS), and a significant amount of your possessions will vanish.
Petty Officer 1st Class Mary Khan-Dho, an information specialist stationed in Japan, has PCS’d quite a few times over her career. She is convinced that these frequent moves have helped her to develop a useful minimalist lifestyle.
Khan-Dho’s first duty station was San Diego where she lived in a barracks room with another young sailor. Soon after, she married a Marine and moved to a small condo in Miramar.
“Between my old roomie and my new wife, I ended up with a lot of duplicates,” Khan-Dho said, visibly stressed by the recollection. “It was like I was dealing with double or triple of everything from hair products to uniforms to autographed portraits of Jim Mattis- you name it, we had it!”
Soon after, Khan-Dho and her wife were stationed on the East Coast. It was her first military move. As movers packed her and her spouse’s household goods, she noticed she felt a sense of peace as everything was boxed up.
“They shattered my great-grandmother’s ceremonial tea set that had been in the family for over 100 years,” Khan-Dho said, looking glum. Then, brightening, she said, “Suddenly, there was one less thing to worry about.”
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