Military moves at Hawthorne Army Depot

Hawthorne Army Depot is a Joint Munitions Command installation in Hawthorne, Nevada, in Mineral County. It sits well south and east of the Reno-Sparks area, so a move to or from the depot is a long day on the road rather than a quick hop, and it helps to plan the move around that distance.

How the distance shapes a Hawthorne move

The drive from our Sparks yard to Hawthorne is about 125 miles and runs close to 160 minutes in free-flowing traffic, using US 95, US 95 Alternate and State Route 439 among other roads. The town sits at roughly 4,300 feet. A trip of that length means a loaded truck is on the highway for the better part of a morning or afternoon, so loading and delivery days are best scheduled with room on either side.

When you call the office, tell us the street address in Hawthorne or the unit you are reporting to, and we can talk through how the Sparks end and the Hawthorne end of the job fit together.

How a PCS move to or from Hawthorne is booked

Military household goods moves are booked through the Defense Personal Property System, which you reach from Military OneSource, with help from the installation's transportation office or Personal Property Office. You choose a government-arranged household goods shipment or a Personally Procured Move, usually called a PPM. A PPM requires a valid set of orders.

Make that choice first. The office that handles your orders is the authority on what the government move covers, including weight limits and the dates you can use, so ask them for the current numbers instead of relying on anything you read online.

Where O'Brien's fits

O'Brien's is DOD approved to move and store military household goods. If you are doing a PPM, or you want extra help beyond what the government shipment covers, such as packing, a second load, or a piece of furniture that needs special handling, you can hire us directly. Government-arranged shipments are assigned through DPS and your transportation office, and the booking path is theirs.

We have been family owned since 1941 and work from 2277 Glendale Ave in Sparks, and the military side of the business uses the same estimators as every other move. An estimator will ask what you are moving and when, then give you a free, no-obligation in-home estimate when the home is within reach of the Sparks office.

Storage between assignments

Orders often leave a gap between one home and the next. Ask your transportation office first about any storage your orders authorize. For storage you arrange yourself, the Sparks warehouse is 30,000 square feet and keeps household goods in wooden vaults measuring 7 ft x 7 ft x 5 ft, from $40 per month. Goods come back out with about 2 to 3 weeks notice, so mention your target delivery date early.

More detail on how this works for service members is on the military storage page.

Planning the details

Hawthorne is a small town and the nearest large selection of services is back toward Reno. Think through the practical pieces before moving day:

• Your report date and the day you must be out of your current home
• Whether the move is government-arranged or a PPM, and the orders you will carry
• A list of heavy, fragile or high-value items so the estimator can plan crew and equipment
• Whether any part of the household needs storage and for how long
• Access to your street or housing area for a full-size truck

Reaching the office is simple: call 775-359-6683, Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. For other parts of rural Nevada, see our rural Nevada page.