<p>Allowable OCONUS Areas for Same-Sex Spouse and Dual Military Collocation Assignment – EFFECTIVE 7 OCTOBER 2016</p><p>Effective 7 October 2016, please refer to the electronic Foreign Clearance Guide (eFCG) as the authoritative basis of determining whether a same-sex spouse (SSS) may be authorized a command-sponsored, accompanied tour, to a given host nation. </p><p>The eFCG is routinely updated with the latest SSS SOFA Clarification Tracker under section I, paragraph F.1, “DoD PCS Same Sex Spouse Accompanied Tours” annotating where DoD restricts command-sponsorship of same sex spouses of military members and civilian employees.</p><p>In lieu of distributing the SSS SOFA tracker information by email, posting updates to the eFCG provides an efficient and effective tool that is readily available to all Military Services in a familiar format. </p><p>The eFCG site is a .mil/gov domain with restricted access for Official U.S. Government Use Only.</p>