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Pay & Allowances:

2010 Active Duty and Reserve Drill Basic Pay Charts
2010 Pay Transaction Cutoff Dates
2010 Reserve IDT Drill Pay
Aviation Career Incentive Pay (ACIP)
Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS). Effective 1 Jan 2009 monthly rates (Note: These amounts remain unchanged for 2010):
1. Officers: $223.04.
2. Enlisted: $323.87.
3. Enlisted Daily Discount Meal Rate (BAS-DMR) deduction: $9.25 per day.
  1. Breakfast - $1.95
  2. Lunch - $3.65
  3. Dinner - $3.65
Cadet COMRATS. Daily Rate - $10.80, effective January 1, 2009
1. Breakfast - $2.30
2. Lunch - $4.25
3. Dinner - $4.25
Career Sea Pay
Clothing and Uniform Allowances

Combat Tax Exclusion (DOD PAYMAN, Chap 44, Par 440103.A - Combat Zone Defined and Figure 44-2 Combat Zone Tax Relief Areas)

For an officer (O-1 and above), the amount of the maximum Combat Tax Exclusion in effect for a qualifying month equals the sum of the highest rate of enlisted basic pay payable (E10 $7386.17) and the amount of hostile fire/imminent danger pay actually payable to the officer for the qualifying month ($225.00).
Cost of Living Allowance (COLA)
Critical Skills Training Bonus (CSTB) Program
Family Separation Allowance (FSA) -- Effective October 1, 2002, FSA is payable in a monthly amount of $250.
Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay (Crew and NonCrew Flight Pay)
Housing Allowances:

ALCOAST 156/09; Homeowners Assistance Program
Critical Housing Areas
- Also see ALCOAST 137/09; 2009 ANNUAL REVIEW OF CRITICAL HOUSING AREAS (CHA)
Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH)
- BAH Reserve Component/Transit, BAH-Partial, and BAH-Differential (Non-Locality Rates)
Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA)

Imminent Danger Pay (DOD PAYMAN, Fig 10-1)
Previous Years Pay Charts
Savings Deposit Program
- Areas (DOD PAYMAN Chap 51)
- Procedures (Chap 7.C, Personnel and Pay Procedures Manual)
Selective Reenlistment Bonuses (SRB)
Note: Per ALCOAST 621/09, effective 01 December, 2009, no SRB and no kickers will be authorized. All lump sum SRB payments for contracts executed prior to 01 December 2009 will be processed without interruption. This does not impact annual installment payments under previous SRB contracts.
2009 Selected Reserve (SELRES) Bonus Amounts/Eligibility
2009 Selected Reserve (SELRES) Health Care Professionals Bonus Amounts/Eligibility
Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP)
- FY10 Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP)
Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), 2010 contribution limits, enrollment forms and information

Taxes

Federal Tax Withholding Worksheet
IRS Notice 1036, Copies of the 2010 Percentage Method Income Tax Withholding and Advance Earned Income Credit Payment Tables (pdf)
State Flat Rate Tax Table

FICA: For 2010, the wage base for withholding social security (old age, survivors, and disability insurance) is $106,800, unchanged from 2009. There is no wage base limit for Medicare (hospital insurance). For social security, the tax rate is 6.2% each for employers and employees. For Medicare, the rate is 1.45% each for employers and employees.

Life Insurance:

Travel:

Retirement:

Education:

Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB)

Medical/Dental:

DEERS/RAPIDS ID Card Info
TRICARE
TRICARE Dental Plan (TDP) The TDP is available to Family Members of Active Duty Service Members and National Guard/Reserve Service Members and Their Families
TRICARE Retiree Dental Program

Civilians:

Veterans

Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Benefits Provided by States:
- Veterans Benefits – by state (pdf)
- Veterans Benefits – by state (PowerPoint)

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Last Modified 1/25/2010