If you are an Active Duty Enlisted Service Member of Commissioned Officer on sea duty, you are entitled to Career Sea Pay up to $730 a month. Your actual pay depends on rank and number of years served at sea. Once a Service Member has served 36 months of consecutive sea duty, he/she is entitled to a Career Sea Pay Premium for the 37th month and each consecutive month … [Read more...]

Members E-4 and above who receive basic pay are eligible for Career Sea Pay (CSP) when: Assigned permanently or temporarily to a ship, ship based staff, or aviation unit, as long as the primary mission of the ship is accomplished while underway Assigned permanently or temporarily to a vessel whose primary mission is accomplished in a port that is considered to be more than 50 … [Read more...]

Entitlement to this Special Pay or Bonus is based on the following conditions and at the discretion of the Service Secretary: Entitlement to basic pay Serving in a duty specialty Completion of an overseas tour of duty at a location Signing an agreement at the end of the tour of duty to extend for at least one additional year. Officers are entitled to this special pay, effective … [Read more...]

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...]