R 220041Z OCT 97 ZYB
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TO ALMAR
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UNCLAS //N07220//
ALMAR 358/97
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC RFL//
SUBJ/MCBUL 7220. STANDARD/FLAT PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR WESTPAC
/DEPLOYED UNITS//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/11FEB91/-/NOTAL//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 7220.39C STANDARD FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR
WESTPAC DEPLOYED UNITS.//
RMKS/1. REF A REQUIRES THAT STANDARD/FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCES
FOR WESTPAC DEPLOYED UNITS BE VALIDATED/RECOMPUTED SEMIANNUALLY.
ADDITIONALLY, STANDARD/FLAT PER DIEM RATES WILL BE RECOMPUTED
WHENEVER A VARIATION OF PLUS OR MINUS 10 PERCENT OF THE ESTABLISHED
RATE OCCURS.
2. THE STANDARD/FLAT RATE PER DIEM IS A STREAMLINED WAY TO PAY
MARINES ON DEPLOYMENT. IT APPROXIMATES THE AMOUNT OF PER DIEM
MARINES WOULD OTHERWISE RATE BUT WITHOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS
OF FILING/SETTLING TRAVEL CLAIMS AND STARTING THE PER DIEM EACH TIME
A MARINE GOES FROM FIELD TO GARRISON DUTY. THE KEY FACTOR IN
DETERMINING THE PER DIEM IS THE NUMBER OF DAYS A TYPICAL DEPLOYMENT
SPENDS IN GARRISON COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS SPENT IN THE FIELD.
3. BASED ON THE MOST RECENT ANALYSIS, THE RATE FOR THE PERIOD
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 1997, THE ENLISTED GROUND UNITS INCREASED BY US
DOLLARS 0.20 PER DAY. THE OFFICER GROUND UNIT INCREASED BY US
DOLLARS 3.20 PER DAY. THE OFFICER AVN OKINAWA RATE INCREASED BY US
DOLLARS 1.00, THE ENLISTED AVN OKINAWA AND IWAKUNI RATED INCREASED BY
US DOLLAR 0.10. THE RATE FOR OFFICER AVN IWAKUNI INCREASED BY US
DOLLAR 2.00. EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 1997, THE NEW RATES ARE:
OFFICER ENLISTED
GROUND 26.05 2.60
AVN (OKI) 30.90 3.45
AVN (IWA) 31.50 3.45
4. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
5. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELLED APRIL 30, 1998.//
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