If you are a Service Member serving in a combat zone (any area the President of the United States designates by Executive Order as an area in which the U.S. Armed Forces are engaging or have engaged in combat), you are able to exclude portions of your income from federal and state taxation. This does not mean the Service Member will not owe any taxes. While the federal … [Read more...]

Each branch of service has specific qualification requirements for members to receive Diving Duty Pay. In general, these divers must be designated divers by order, training, and assignment. The entitlement for Diving Duty Pay exists for members receiving basic pay and who are: Ordered to diving duty Required to dive to maintain proficiency Either actually performing diving duty … [Read more...]

Aviation Career Incentive Pay is for Active Duty Officers on Aviation Duty. Both regular and reserve officers are eligible if they hold or are training to hold and aeronautical designation or rating who engage in aviation service on a career basis. For officers above O-6 with less than 25 years of aviation service: An officer in pay grade O-7 may not be paid at a … [Read more...]

Members who are deployed 401 days or more out of the preceding 730 days are entitled to additional pay, which includes operations, exercises, unit training, home station training, and mission support TDY. Below are additional points to consider for eligibility: Leave in conjunction with a deployment will not count as days away from home A member is considered deployed if … [Read more...]