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This document summarizes basic military benefits and entitlements including pay, allowances, and travel benefits. It outlines pay categories like basic pay, housing and subsistence allowances, and special pays for things like aviation, hostile fire zones, diving duty, and foreign language skills. It also covers other allowances for uniform replacement, bonuses, family separation, cost of living adjustments, leave accrual, temporary duty travel reimbursement, dependent student travel, permanent change of station moving expenses, and space available flights. The document provides an overview of the pay and benefit structure for active duty military service members.

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Basic Military Benefits and Entitlements Handout 6

This document summarizes basic military benefits and entitlements including pay, allowances, and travel benefits. It outlines pay categories like basic pay, housing and subsistence allowances, and special pays for things like aviation, hostile fire zones, diving duty, and foreign language skills. It also covers other allowances for uniform replacement, bonuses, family separation, cost of living adjustments, leave accrual, temporary duty travel reimbursement, dependent student travel, permanent change of station moving expenses, and space available flights. The document provides an overview of the pay and benefit structure for active duty military service members.

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Army Family Team Building Level I

Basic Military Benefits and Entitlements

Military Entitlements and Allowances


BASIC PAY
1. Base Pay is computed for each soldier on the basis of military pay grade, time in service
and a 30-day month. The time in service is computed individually for each Soldier based on
his/her pay entry base date (PEBD) and adjusted for any breaks in service.
Reserve Components are paid on the basis of 1 day’s pay for each minimum 4-hour drill
period. While serving on annual training or other types of training, they receive 1 day’s pay
for each day. When activated for federal service, they receive the same pay as active duty
Soldiers of the same grade and time in service.
2. Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH). When not living in government housing, Soldiers
receive BAH according to their pay grade, number of dependents and geographical location
to cover housing costs.
3. Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS). Soldiers not receiving meals from a Dining
Facility receive BAS to cover the cost of food.
4. Incentive and Proficiency Pays. Incentive and proficiency pays are paid to Soldiers in
targeted markets (i.e., medical, dental, law) to enter or stay in assignments that take
advantage of their special skills.

SPECIAL PAYS
1. Aviation Career Pay. Compensation paid to Soldiers qualified in flight training.
2. Hostile Fire or Imminent Danger Pay. Special pay given to members assigned to or
associated with a unit subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines or imminent
danger in places or situations.
3. Diving Duty Pay. Service members are entitled to this special pay when assigned to units
for which diving is a primary or secondary duty.
4. Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay. Military members engaging in actives of a hazardous
nature (i.e., flying duty, parachute jumping, explosives and toxic fuel handling) are entitled
to Hazardous Duty pay.
5. Foreign Language Proficiency Pay (FLPP). This pay is given as an incentive for
military members in career linguist occupations to increase their foreign language
proficiency.
6. Other Special Pay. Special pay is given for other duties performed by specialized
members of the Armed Forces.

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Army Family Team Building Level I

OTHER PAY AND ALLOWANCES


1. CONUS COLA. Congress approved the Cost-Of-Living Allowance for service members
assigned to the highest cost-of-living areas in the contiguous 48 states to provide
compensation for variations in non-housing costs.
2. Uniform Allowance. An allowance given to enlisted personnel for military clothing
replacement. Officers receive a one-time payment to buy uniforms after commissioning.
3. Enlistment and Reenlistment Bonuses. A bonus awarded to certain enlisted personnel
as an incentive to enlist or reenlist in the Armed Forces for a minimum of two years.
4. Critical Skills Accession, Selective Reenlistment and Retention Bonuses. Bonus
offered as an incentive to individuals to join, reenlist or remain in the military to serve in
critical specialty areas.
5. Family Separation Allowance. A service member receives family separation allowance
when serving on assignments, which family members cannot accompany, in excess of 30
days.
6. Overseas Housing and Permanent Change of Station Allowances. Specific
situations and conditions dictate how many allowances apply to service members and their
families when permanent change of station (PCS) occurs. Check with unit Personnel Office,
Finance or Disbursing Office for detailed information.
7. Leave. All service members are entitled to paid leave when serving on active duty. In
most situations 60 accrued leave days may carry over from year to year. Leave in excess of
60 is lost if not used before the end of the fiscal year.

TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES


1. Temporary Duty Allowances (TDY). When travel is involved away from one’s duty
station, the government furnishes tickets for rail, bus or airfare and a per diem allowance to
cover food, lodging and incidental expenses at the TDY location. In lieu of tickets the
government will pay a ‘per mile’ rate for the Soldier to use his/her privately own vehicle
(POV). The per mile rate defers the cost of fuel, maintenance and vehicle wear and tear.
2. Dependent Student Travel. Dependent students are authorized one funded round-trip if
the service member is assigned overseas. The student must be enrolled in an academic
program in a college, university or post secondary vocational education school. The student
must also meet the qualifications as a military dependent.
3. Permanent Change of Station Allowances. Soldiers and their family members are
authorized travel expenses when relocating to the next duty station. This includes
temporary lodging expenses, POV mileage, moving of house trailers, household goods and
vehicle shipment, and dislocation allowance.
4. Space Available Travel. Military personnel, their spouses and eligible family members
are eligible for Space Available (Space-A) travel on DoD owned or controlled aircraft on
flights to, from and between overseas areas.

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