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UNCLAS //N07200//
ALMAR 056/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MP//
SUBJ/UNIT DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM (UDP) PER DIEM EQUITY//
REF/A/MCO 7220.39C//
AMPN/REF A IS THE STANDARD/FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCES ORDER//
POC/K.J. HACKBARTH/MAJ/M&RA (MPO-40)/DSN: 278-9386/
TEL: (703) 784-9386//
RMKS/1. THE UNIT DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM (UDP) WAS INITIATED IN
OCTOBER 1977 TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNACCOMPANIED TOURS,
INCREASE FAMILY STABILITY, AND IMPROVE UNIT COHESION. AT THAT
TIME, PER DIEM FOR OFFICERS WAS BASED ON GOVERNMENT MESS NOT
AVAILABLE [OPEN MESS RATE, WHICH WAS ELIMINATED IN 1998].
ENLISTED RATES WERE LOWER BECAUSE THEY WERE BASED UPON THE
ESSENTIAL UNIT MESS (EUM) RATE OF PER DIEM.
2. IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE UDP PER DIEM FAIR AND EQUITABLE, AND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT REGULATIONS, A NEW RATE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
FOR ALL MARINES BASED ON THE GOVERNMENT MESSING AVAILABLE MEAL RATE
AND OCONUS INSTALLATION INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. THE MEAL AND
INCIDENTAL BASE RATE WILL BE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT AVERAGE TIME SPENT
IN THE FIELD (DURING WHICH THERE IS NO ENTITLEMENT TO PER DIEM).
THE NEW PER DIEM RATE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $9.60/DAY, OR ABOUT
$288/MO AS ADJUSTED FOR PERIODS OF FIELD DUTY REPORTED PER THE REF.
3. THE NEW RATES WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE 1 JUNE 2002. ENLISTED
MARINES ALREADY DEPLOYED WILL BEGIN RECEIVING THE NEW RATE 1
JUNE; OFFICERS ALREADY DEPLOYED ARE RATE PROTECTED (GRAND-
FATHERED) FOR THE DURATION OF THE DEPLOYMENT. OFFICERS WHO
DEPLOY ON OR AFTER 1 JUNE WILL BEGIN RECEIVING THE NEW PER DIEM
RATE WHEN THEY DEPLOY.
4. SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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