R 212243Z FEB 12
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MARADMIN 085/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP//
SUBJ/PRORATION OF IMMINENT DANGER PAY (IDP)//
REF/A/DOC/P.L. 112-81/YMD:20111231//
REF/B/DOC/37 USC 310/YMD:20111231//
REF/C/DOC/OSD/YMD:20120131//
REF/D/DOC/DOD/YMD:20100420//
REF/E/DOC/DFAS/YMD:20110801//
REF/F/MSGID:MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP/161409ZAPR2010//
NARR/REF A IS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 (NDAA 2012).  REF B IS 37 U.S.C. 310, SPECIAL PAY: DUTY SUBJECT TO HOSTILE FIRE OR IMMINENT DANAGER.  REF C OUSD(PR), MEMO DIRECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRORATION OF IMMINENT DANGER PAY.  REF D IS DODI 1340.09, HOSTILE FIRE PAY AND IMMINENT DANGER PAY.  REF E IS DOD 7000.14-R, VOLUME 7A, CHAPTER 10, SPECIAL PAY - DUTY SUBJECT TO HOSTILE FIRE OR IMMINENT DANGER.  REF F IS MARADMIN 227/10 (PAY AND ALLOWANCE CONTINUATION (PAC)) PROGRAM//
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GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE.  TO PUBLISH REVISED IMMINENT DANGER PAY (IDP)AND HOSTILE FIRE PAY (HFP) POLICY IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFS A-C. MAJOR FEATURES OF THE REVISED POLICY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
    A.  IDP ELIGIBLE MEMBERS WILL NOW BE PAID ON A DAY-FOR-DAY BASIS FOR THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF DUTY DAYS PERFORMED IN AN IDP-DESIGNATED LOCATION DURING A CALENDAR MONTH.
    B.  HFP WILL CONTINUE TO BE PAID AT THE MONTHLY RATE.
    C.  APPROPRIATE COMMANDERS, PER REF D, MUST CERTIFY THAT A MEMBER WAS SUBJECT TO A HOSTILE FIRE EVENT DURING A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE MEMBER TO BE ELIGLBLE FOR PAYMENT OF HFP FOR THAT CALENDAR MONTH.
2.  BACKGROUND.  REF A AMENDED REF B TO REQUIRE THE PRORATION OF IDP BEGINNING ON 31 DECEMBER 2011.  REF C DIRECTS SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION OF REF A.  PER REF C, IMPLEMENTING THE PRORATION OF IDP WAS DEFERRED UNTIL 1 FEBRUARY 2012 IN ORDER TO ALLOW TIME FOR PAY SYSTEM CHANGES. THOSE MEMBERS WHO RECEIVED THE FULL MONTHLY RATE OF IDP FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2012 IN THEIR 15 JANUARY AND/OR 1 FEBRUARY 2012 PAYCHECKS WILL KEEP THOSE PAYMENTS.  HOWEVER, ON OR AFTER 1 FEBRUARY 2012, ANY PAYMENT OF BACK-DUE AMOUNTS CLAIMED FOR IDP ACCRUED IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2012  WILL BE PRORATED IF THE MEMBER CONCERNED WAS NOT IN THE IDP-DESIGNATED AREA FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY.
3.  DISCUSSION.
    A.  IDP PROVIDES A PAYMENT, ON A DAY-FOR-DAY BASIS, TO A MEMBER ON DUTY IN A FOREIGN AREA DETERMINED BY SECDEF TO BE DANGEROUS.  THE NUMBER OF DAYS ON DUTY IN THE DESIGNATED FOREIGN AREA, DURING A CALENDAR MONTH, DETERMINES THE AMOUNT OF IDP.  FOR EXAMPLE, A MEMBER ON DUTY IN A DESIGNATED FOREIGN AREA FOR 25 DAYS IN APRIL WILL RECEIVE MORE IDP THAN A MEMBER ON DUTY FOR 5 DAYS.
    B.  HFP PROVIDES A PAYMENT, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, TO A MEMBER SUJECT TO HOSTILE ACTION REGARDLESS OF GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION IN WHICH THE ACTION OCCURRED.  FOR EXAMPLE, A MEMBER FIRED UPON BY AN ENEMY COMBATANT IN APRIL WILL RECEIVE A FULL MONTH OF PAY FOR THAT MONTH. A MEMBER PAID HFP FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL WILL NOT ALSO RECEIVE IDP FOR DUTY IN A DESIGNATED FOREIGN AREA FOR APRIL.
4.  IDP.  EFFECTIVE 1 FEBRUARY 2012, MEMBERS ARE PAID ONLY FOR THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF DAYS THEY PERFORM DUTY IN AN IDP-DESIGNATED LOCATION.  PRIOR TO 31 DECEMBER 2011, MEMBERS RECEIVED THE FULL 225 DOLLARS PER MONTH EVEN IF THEY PERFORMED DUTY FOR ONLY ONE DAY OR A PORTION OF A DAY WITHIN A CALENDAR MONTH IN AN IDP-DESIGNATED LOCATION.  MEMBERS WILL NOW ACCRUE IDP ON A DAY-FOR-DAY BASIS BASED ON A 30-DAY MONTH.  THE PRORATED DAILY AMOUNT OF IDP EQUALS 7 DOLLARS AND 50 CENTS PER DAY.  THE AMOUNT PAID A MEMBER IN ANY CALENDAR MONTH MAY NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 225 DOLLARS. THE PAYMENT OF IDP SHALL NOT BE PRORATED FOR QUALIFYING DUTY IN AN IDP-DESIGNATED LOCATION PRIOR TO 31 DECEMBER 2011.  IDP IS PAYABLE WHEN A MEMBER IS ON OFFICIAL DUTY IN AN IDP-DESIGNATED LOCATION. REF D OUTLINES QUALIFICATION CRITERIA.  REF E LISTS THE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED IDP LOCATIONS.
5.  HFP.  HFP IS EVENT DRIVEN AND SHALL NOT BE PRORATED.  HFP IS PAYABLE WHEN A MEMBER IS SUBJECT TO A HOSTILE FIRE EVENT OR EXPLOSION OF HOSTILE MINES AND THE EVENT IS CERTIFIED BY THE APPROPRIATE COMMANDER PER REFS D AND E.  HFP IS ONLY AUTHORIZED TO BE PAID TO A MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS ELIGIBLE FOR THE CALENDAR MONTH IN WHICH THE EVENT OCCURRED. A HFP ELIGIBLE MEMBER SHALL BE PAID THE MONTHLY PAYMENT OF 225 DOLLARS FOR THE CALENDAR MONTH IN WHICH THE EVENT OCCURRED.  HFP IS PAYABLE FOR QUALIFYING EVENTS THAT OCCUR INSIDE OR OUTSIDE AN IDP-DESIGNATED LOCATION, SEE REFS D AND E FOR MORE DETAILS.  AS OF 1 FEBRUARY 2012, ALL HOSTILE FIRE EVENTS MUST BE CERTIFIED REGARDLESS OF THE LOCATION IN WHICH THEY OCCUR.  IF A MEMBER IS AUTHORIZED HFP FOR ANY CALENDAR MONTH, THEY WILL BE AUTHORIZED 225 DOLLARS FOR THAT MONTH AND NO DOLLAR AMOUNT OF IDP IS PAYABLE FOR THAT SAME CALENDAR MONTH.
6.  CERTIFICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.  THE ON-SCENE COMMANDER CLOSEST TO THE HOSTILE FIRE EVENT IS AUTHORIZED TO CERTIFY THAT THE MEMBER HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HFP IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFS D AND E.  COMMANDERS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND TIMELY CERTIFICATION TO THEIR SERVICING INSTALLATION PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION CENTER (IPAC) FOR EACH CALENDAR MONTH IN WHICH AN EVENT OCCURS.  CERTIFICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE COGNIZANT REGIONAL COMBATANT COMMANDER.  COMMANDERS ARE REQUIRED TO TRACK THE MOVEMENT OF MEMBERS, UNDER THEIR COMMAND, INTO AND OUT OF IDP-DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AND PROVIDE DOCUMENTION OF SUCH MOVEMENT TO THEIR SERVICING IPAC.  MEMBERS WHO PERFORM DUTY IN AN IDP-DESIGNATED LOCATION ARE REMINDED TO KEEP TRACK OF ENTRY AND EXIT DATES TO VERIFY CORRECT PAYMENT OF IDP.
7.  DESPITE THE PRORATION GUIDANCE ABOVE, MEMBERS WHO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR PAY AND ALLOWANCE CONTINUATION (PAC) SHALL, ACCORDING TO REFERENCE F, HAVE THE QUALIFYING PAYS AND ALLOWANCES (E.G. IDP, HFP, HARDSHIP DUTY PAY, ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVE PAY, ETC) CONTINUED UNTIL THE MEMBER IS NO LONGER QUALIFIED FOR PAC.
8.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE TOTAL FORCE.
9.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY (SES) M.F. APPLEGATE, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER PLANS AND POLICY DIVISION.//