R 071642Z APR 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 208/10
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC PR RFF//
SUBJ/STANDARD FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR WESTPAC DEPLOYED UNITS//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO 7220.39D/-/-//
AMPN/REF A IS THE MARINE CORPS ORDER FOR STANDARD FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCES.//
POC/M.P. OBRIEN/GYSGT/-/NAME:HQMC PR RFF/TEL:COMM 703-614-4981 /TEL:DSN 224-4981//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. REF A REQUIRES THAT STANDARD/FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCES FOR WESTPAC UDP UNITS BE VALIDATED/RECOMPUTED SEMIANNUALLY.
2. THE STANDARD FLAT RATE PER DIEM IS A STREAMLINED WAY TO PAY MARINES ON UDP DEPLOYMENT.  IT APPROXIMATES THE AMOUNT OF PER DIEM MARINES WOULD OTHERWISE RATE BUT WITHOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN OF FILING OR 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 RATE IS THE NUMBER OF DAYS A TYPICAL UDP DEPLOYMENT SPENDS IN GARRISON COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS SPENT IN THE FIELD.
3.  THE DISCOUNTED MEAL RATE (DMR), WHICH IS USED IN THE CALCULATION REMAINED UNCHANGED. THE CURRENT RATE IS 9.25 DOLLARS.
4. FLAT RATE PER DIEM FOR WESTPAC DEPLOYED UNITS (IN DOLLARS):
            OFFICER                ENLISTED   
GROUND       11.70                  11.80      
AVN (OKI)    12.25                  12.05      
AVN (IWA)    12.05                  12.15
5.  GOING FORWARD, THE HISTORICAL DATA WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE MOST RECENT UDP DEPLOYMENT INFO. UNITS ARE REQUIRED, PER THE REFERENCE, TO REPORT DEPLOYMENT DATA WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE DEPLOYMENT TO MARFORPAC G1 AND G8.
6.  THIS MARADMIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNLESS SUPERCEDED BY FUTURE GUIDANCE.
7.  RELEASED AUTHORIZED BY SES C.E. SPANGLER, ASSISTANT DEPUTY COMMANDANT, PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES (FISCAL).//