The Personal Property Activity is a new, permanent War Department organization to oversee and manage household-goods and vehicle shipments for service members and families; its mandate is to guarantee high‑quality, reliable, and efficient personal‑property (PCS) moves, to standardize accountability across the department, and to operate as the successor to the PCS task force to administer Defense Personal Property Program policy and execution.
The activity is intended to address recurring PCS problems including damaged or missing household goods, untimely deliveries, contractor performance failures under the Global Household Goods Contract (GHGC) and Defense Personal Property System (DPS) scheduling/tracking breakdowns—essentially lost/damaged shipments, timeliness/scheduling and contractor accountability.
The publicly announced timeline says the Personal Property Activity will "stand up this summer," but no exact month or date was provided in the War Department announcement or related public materials.
The announcement says the PCS task force will transition into the new Personal Property Activity (i.e., consolidation/transition of the task force into a permanent activity). It does not say it will entirely replace every existing service personal‑property office or contractors, but it directs centralization and a single, accountable organization for the Defense Personal Property Program functions.
Pete Hegseth is the U.S. Secretary of War (Defense Secretary); he announced the activity and used his authority as the department head (including prior May 2025 memoranda directing modifications and standing up a PCS task force) to order the establishment and transition of the task force into the Personal Property Activity.
Public reporting and the Department announcement say the PCS task force will transition into the new activity and that Army Maj. Gen. Lance G. Curtis will lead it; the statement does not detail staffing levels or an explicit new budget—no public source found that specifies funding mechanisms (new appropriations vs. internal transfers) or personnel numbers.
The announcement commits to increased accountability and customer responsiveness (a single accountable organization, a hotline for service members, and continuing task‑force practices), but it provides only high‑level commitments; it does not publish detailed metrics, reporting schedules or formal appeal processes in the public announcement.