R 272044Z FEB 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0139/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC PR RFF//
SUBJ/STANDARD/FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR WESTPAC DEPLOYED UNITS//
REF/A/MCO 7220.39D//
AMPN/REF A IS THE STANDARD FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCE//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1.  REF A REQUIRES THAT STANDARD/FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCES FOR WESTPAC DEPLOYED UNITS BE VALIDATED/RECOMPUTED SEMIANNUALLY.
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 BURDEN 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 RATE IS THE NUMBER OF DAYS A TYPICAL DEPLOYMENT SPENDS IN GARRISON COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS SPENT IN THE FIELD.
3.  A REVISION TO THE RATES IS WARRANTED DUE TO THE DISCOUNTED MEAL RATE (DMR), WHICH IS USED IN THE CALCULATION. THE DMR INCREASED FROM $8.35 TO THE CURRENT RATE OF $9.25.
4.  USING THE HISTORICAL UDP DATA AND THE CURRENT DMR THE FOLLOWING RATES INCREASED EFFECTIVE 1 OCT 2008 TO, WITH NO REQUIREMENT FOR FURTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION:          
            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.
6.  THIS MARADMIN IS CANCELLED 30 SEPT 2009.
7.  RELEASED AUTHORIZED BY SES C.E. COOK III, ASSISTANT DEPUTY COMMANDANT, PROGRAMS & RESOURCES (FISCAL)//