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PARAGRAPH EXPLANATION OF CHANGE/REVISION PURPOSE

010102.A.8 Clarified basic pay entitlement for United States University

of Health Sciences personnel.

Update

010103.A.1 Clarified duty requirements by adding “inactive” duty for

training for enlisted service requirements to receive O-1E,

O-2E, or O-3E basic pay rates.

Update

010103.A.2 Deleted May 20, 1958 reference. Update

010203.A.4.f.

Clarified save pay provisions by deleting Foreign Duty Pay

reference.

Update

Table 1-7

Table 1-8

Table 1-9

Table 1-10

Updated the new basic pay rates effective January 1, 2012. Update

Bibliography

Updated Executive Orders.

Update

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Table of Contents

VOLUME 7A, CHAPTER 1: “BASIC PAY” ............................................................................... 1

0101 CREDITABLE SERVICE ............................................................................................. 4

010101. Service Which is Creditable ................................................................................. 4

010102. Service Not Creditable ......................................................................................... 9

010103. Active Enlisted and/or Warrant Officer Service for Members in Basic Pay

Grades O-1E, O-2E, or O-3E ............................................................................. 11

010104 Computation of Creditable Service .................................................................... 12

0102 COMPUTATION OF PAY .......................................................................................... 17

010201. Basic Pay Entitlements ....................................................................................... 17

010202. Computing Monthly Pay .................................................................................... 19

010203. Saved Pay ........................................................................................................... 20

010204. Increased Basic Pay During Period of Service Essential to Public Interest ....... 22

010205. Allowable Travel Time for Reserve Members Called To or Released From

Active Duty ........................................................................................................ 24

0103 ABSENCE FROM DUTY, EFFECT ON PAY, AND ALLOWANCES .................... 25

010301. Authorized Leave ............................................................................................... 25

010302. Unauthorized Absence and Other Lost Time ..................................................... 29

0104

PAYMENT IN CASES OF VOID, VOIDABLE, OR REJECTED ENLISTMENTS

OR INDUCTIONS ................................................................................................... 33

010401.

Voidability of Contract....................................................................................... 33

010402. Fraudulent Enlistments – Pay and Allowances .................................................. 33

010403. Donations and Travel Payments ......................................................................... 33

010404. Disbursing Officer Entitled to Credit ................................................................. 33

010405. Failure to Discover Physical Condition of Enlistee or Inductee ........................ 33

Table 1-1. Service as Cadet or Midshipman – Officers ........................................................... 34

Table 1-2. Absence From Duty in Enlisted Status ................................................................... 35

Table 1-3. When Active Duty Pay Begins ............................................................................... 36

Table 1-4. Increases in Pay on Promotion or Restoration of Grade ......................................... 38

Table 1-5. Termination or Reduction of Active Duty Pay and Allowances............................. 40

Table 1-6. Allowable Travel Time – Travel Between Places Within the United States .......... 42

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Table of Contents (Continued)

*Table 1-7. Monthly Rates of Basic Pay – Commissioned Officers, Academy Cadets and

Midshipmen and ROTC Members - Effective January 1, 2012 ................................................ 43

*Table 1-8. Monthly Rates of Basic Pay – Commissioned Officers Credited With Over 4

Years of Active Duty Enlisted and/or Warrant Officer Service - Effective January 1, 2012 ... 44

*Table 1-9. Monthly Rates of Basic Pay – Warrant Officers - Effective January 1, 2012 ...... 45

*Table 1-10. Monthly Rates of Basic Pay – Enlisted Members - Effective January 1, 2012 .. 46

Table 1-11. Authorized Absence - Effect on Pay and Allowances .......................................... 47

Table 1-12. Unauthorized Absence and Other Lost Time - Effect on Pay and Allowances .... 49

Table 1-13. Rules for Determining Whether Absence Is Unavoidable .................................... 51

Table 1-14. Computing Periods of Unauthorized Absence ...................................................... 52

Table 1-15. Void, Voidable, or Rejected Enlistments or Inductions – Pay and Allowances ... 53

BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................................... 54

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CHAPTER 1

BASIC PAY

0101 CREDITABLE SERVICE

010101. Service Which is Creditable

A. General

1. The several military pay and personnel systems use a variety of

dates to determine various entitlements. Among them is the date that denotes how much service

a member has for the purpose of determining longevity pay rates. The Army refers to this as the

“pay entry basic date”, the Navy and Marine Corps refer to this as the “pay entry base date”,

while the Air Force calls it simply the “pay date”. This chapter will refer to this data element as

the “basic pay date”, which is defined as reflecting all service that is creditable towards

longevity.

2. The member’s servicing personnel office is responsible for

providing, when necessary, a statement of service that can include the basic pay date, total active

Federal military service date, total commissioned Federal military service date, and a variety of

other dates, depending on the nature of the individual member’s service. This regulation details

only the computation of the basic pay date, since Military Service personnel regulations control

the computation of all other dates.

B. Computation of Creditable Service. For most members who enter and

serve on active duty without a break in service, the basic pay date is the date the member enters

active or inactive service. If, however, there is a break in service, then the time between periods

of service usually is not included. Also, there are statutory periods when service in a particular

component may not be counted. Conversely, there are periods for which some members are

given constructive service, even though they were not actually serving on active or inactive duty.

Use the following guidance to compute the basic pay date when there has been a break in service

of any kind or if there is a need to include constructive service.

C. Creditable Service Periods. Include active or inactive service in any of the

following components without restriction:

1. Regular service in the Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and

Marine Corps.

2. Army, Naval, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard Reserve.

3. Army of the United States (service without specification of

component).

4. Army National Guard.

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5. Army National Guard of the United States.

6. National Guard.

7. National Guard of the United States.

8. Air Force of the United States (service without specification of

component).

9. Air National Guard.

10. Air National Guard of the United States.

11. Nurse Corps and Nurse Corps Reserve of the Public Health

Service.

12. Public Health Service and Reserve Corps of the Public Health

Service.

D. Other Creditable Service (with restrictions noted below and in subparagraph

010102.A.). Include the following periods of service:

1. Officer, deck officer, or junior engineer service in the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including similar periods of service in the former

Corps of the Environmental Science Services Administration and the U.S. Coast and Geodetic

Survey.

2. Service on a Military Service retired list, temporary disability

retired list, or honorary retired list of any Uniformed Service, or service as a member of the Fleet

Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.

3. Any period of service during which a member is entitled to retired,

retirement, or retainer pay from any Uniformed Service.

4. Service as a cadet or midshipman at a military academy is always

creditable service for an enlisted member. See Table 1-1 to determine whether such service is

creditable for commissioned and warrant officers.

5. Periods after December 11, 1941, when an enlisted member is

retained after expiration of term of service of an Armed Force for medical care or hospitalization

for disease or injury incident to service. Do not credit such periods of service if the underlying

medical condition requiring medical care or hospitalization was due to the member’s

misconduct.

6. Service otherwise creditable that is performed before a member

reaches the statutory age for enlistment, unless the enlistment contract was voided or invalidated

for fraud.

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7. Active service performed as a temporary member of the U.S. Coast

Guard Reserve.

8. Service terminated by desertion or dishonorable discharge, unless

the enlistment was fraudulent and was voided for that reason.

9. Periods of service when a member is detailed to and receiving pay

and allowances from any other agency of the United States, even though accrual of military pay

and allowances is suspended.

10. Service as a member of the Army, Navy, or Air Force Reserve

Officers’ Training Corps, provided the member has concurrent Selected Reserve (drilling status)

for duty performed on or after August 1, 1979. Also, see subparagraph 010101.D.14.

11. Effective December 26, 1974, service as an aviation midshipman

under the Act of August 13, 1946, 60 Statute 1057.

12. Service as an enlisted member in a Reserve Component, including

Ready Reserve service (inactive and active) under the Delayed Entry (Enlistment) Program

(DEP), before beginning active duty or an initial period of active duty for training, provided the

Reserve enlistment was entered into before January 1, 1985. As of January 1, 1985, the

following restrictions went into effect as and when stated.

a. For enlistments in a Reserve Component under 10 United

States Code (U.S.C.) 12103(b) or (d), including enlistments under a DEP, that were entered into

between January 1, 1985, and November 28, 1989, the period served in the Reserve Component

before beginning active duty or an initial period of active duty for training is not creditable.

b. For enlistments entered into on or after

November 29, 1989:

(1). A period of enlisted service in a Reserve

Component under 10 U.S.C. 12103(b) or (d), including inactive service under a DEP, is

creditable service only if the member performs inactive duty training before beginning active

duty or an initial period of active duty for training.

(2). Service performed as an enlisted member in a

Reserve Component under 10 U.S.C. 513, other than a period of active duty, is not creditable

service.

13. Any period of service which was creditable under any Federal

statute in effect on January 10, 1962.

14. Prior provisions of law excluded the Simultaneous Membership

Program from creditable service for commissioned officers effective October 13, 1964. Public

Law 104-201, section 507, September 23, 1996, amended these provisions to provide service

credit retroactive to August 1, 1979. These amendments, as referenced in subparagraph

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010101.D.10, resulted in no increase in pay, retired pay, or retainer pay before the date of

enactment, September 23, 1996. Service in the program for enlisted members who retain that

status remains creditable under all provisions.

E. Constructive Service

1. Some medical and dental officers are entitled to extra credit for

longevity purposes to reflect the time spent in medical or dental school. Medical and dental

officers must meet one or more of the following criteria to be entitled to the constructive credit:

a. On or before September 15, 1981, the officer already had

the constructive service credit; the credit is not lost if there is a break in service either before or

after that date. This includes Public Health Service officers.

b. On September 14, 1981, the individual was enrolled either

in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program or the Uniformed Services

University of Health Sciences (USUHS), completed that program, and was appointed as a

medical or dental officer.

c. On September 14, 1981, the individual was participating in

a program that credited years of service and led to an appointment as an officer in the Army,

Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps.

2. Medical and dental officers who meet the criteria in subparagraph

010101.E.1 are entitled to 4 years of constructive service credit. Also, those medical officers

who have completed medical internship or its equivalent, or who entered military status while

serving such an internship, are entitled to a fifth year of constructive service credit.

3. Where a member is entitled to service credit for a period covered

by the constructive credit, reduce the constructive service credit by an amount equal to the actual

service credit.

F. Examples

1. An individual completed dental school on June 11, 1977 and

accepted commission as a dental officer on August 3, 1977. The member was credited with

4 years of constructive service and a basic pay date of August 3, 1973.

2. An individual completed a medical internship on June 30, 1979

and accepted a commission as a medical officer on August 11, 1979. The member was credited

with 5 years of constructive service and a basic pay date of August 11, 1974.

3. An individual entered medical school in 1970 and accepted a

commission on January 12, 1972. He graduated from medical school on June 10, 1974 and

completed a civilian residency during the period from July 1, 1974 through June 30, 1975.

Compute basic pay date as follows:

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First, compute dual status period, which is the period of time between date of commission

and date of graduation:

YR MO DAY

Graduated: 74 06 10

Commission Date: 72 01 12

Dual Status Period: 02 04 28+1 (inclusive day)

Then, compute constructive service credit, which is the 4 years constructive credit less the time

already credited as commissioned service:

Maximum Constructive

Service Credit: 03 11 30

Less Dual Status Time: 02 04 29

Constructive Credit: 01 07 01

The member’s basic pay date was 1 year, 7 months, and 1 day before his commission date of

January 12, 1972 or June 11, 1970.

4. The scenario is the same as in the previous subparagraph, except

the member accepted a commission on July 12, 1974 after starting the internship. The member

was entitled to 5 years of constructive service credit instead of 4 years.

YR MO DAY

Date Finished Internship: 75 06 30

Commission Date: 74 07 12

Dual Status Period: 00 11 18+1 (inclusive day)

Maximum Constructive

Service Credit: 04 11 30 (5 years)

Less Dual Status Time: 00 11 19

Constructive Credit: 04 00 11

The member’s basic pay date was 4 years, no months, and 11 days before his commission date,

or July 1, 1970.

5. An officer, who had been commissioned on November 19, 1962,

entered dental school on September 9, 1970 and graduated on May 28, 1974. To compute

constructive service credit:

First, compute dual status.

YR MO DAY

Graduated: 74 05 28

Started School: 70 09 09

Dual Service: 03 08 19+1 (inclusive day)

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Then, deduct the dual service from the 4-year constructive credit period to arrive at net

constructive service credit.

YR MO DAY

Maximum Constructive

Service Credit: 03 11 30 (4 years)

Less Dual Service: 03 08 20

Constructive Credit: 00 03 10

Change the member’s basic pay date to 3 months and 10 days before the previous one

(November 19, 1962) to August 10, 1962.

010102. Service Not Creditable

A. General. Do not use any service that is not listed as creditable service to

compute a basic pay date. The following list includes a few types of service that are not

creditable:

1. The time served in an enlistment that is terminated, voided, or

invalidated as fraudulent.

2. The time served as a commissioned officer in the Philippine Army.

3. The constructive time authorized by the Act of December 28, 1945

(59 Stat. 664), for determining grade and eligibility for promotion.

4. The period of time a member was on the Emergency Officers’

Retired List.

5. The time an individual was a member of a state, home, or

territorial guard.

6. For commissioned officers, any period of service performed in the

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps after October 12, 1964 and prior to August 1, 1979, even if

such member held concurrent Reserve status.

7. Time an individual was a member of the inactive National Guard.

This does not apply to an individual who was a member of the National Guard Reserve and the

National Guard of the United States. Time during which the individual had dual status, enlisted

or commissioned, in the inactive National Guard and the National Guard of the United States is

creditable.

* 8. The time, subsequent to September 14, 1981, a member serves

while enrolled in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance

Programs, or while a student at the USUHS. Use any service creditable on the date of the

officer’s entry into USUHS to compute the officer’s basic pay for longevity purposes while a

USUHS student, not to exceed the maximum rate of O-1 pay in Table 1-7 or, if applicable, the

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maximum O-1E pay in Table 1-8, or the member’s former pay grade as outlined in subparagraph

010203.A.3.

9. The time served in a Reserve Component before beginning active

duty or an initial period of active duty for training for enlistment in a Reserve Component under

10 U.S.C. 12103(b) or (d) entered into between January 1, 1985, and November 28, 1989.

10. For enlistments entered into on or after November 29, 1989:

a. A period of enlisted service in a Reserve Component under

10 U.S.C. 12103(b) or (d), including inactive service under a DEP, if the member does not

perform inactive duty training before beginning active duty or an initial period of active duty for

training.

b. Service performed as an enlisted member in a Reserve

Component under 10 U.S.C. 513, other than a period of active duty.

11. Prior provisions of law excluded the Simultaneous Membership

Program from creditable service for commissioned officers effective October 13, 1964. Public

Law 104-201, section 507, September 23, 1996, amended those provisions to provide service

credit retroactive to August 1, 1979. Those amendments, as referenced in subparagraph

010101.D.10, resulted in no increase in pay, retired pay, or retainer pay before the date of

enactment, September 23, 1996. Service in the program for enlisted members who retained that

status remained creditable under all provisions.

B. Effect of Lost Time Absence From Duty on Creditable Service

1. Prior to February 11, 1996, a commissioned or warrant officer was

entitled to credit for every day in a commissioned or warrant status, without regard to absence of

any kind, whether authorized or unauthorized, and including confinement prior to and during

trial. In addition, absence during which a member was serving on active duty as an enlisted

member was creditable if the enlisted member also held a commission as a Reserve officer.

After February 10, 1996, a commissioned or warrant officer may not count the following periods

of absence for any purpose other than that of computing length of service for basic pay:

a. Desertion.

b. Absence from organization, station, or duty for more than

1 day without proper authority, as determined by proper authority.

c. Confinement by military or civilian authorities for more

than 1 day in connection with a trial, whether before, during, or after the trial.

d. The officer’s inability for more than 1 day, as determined

by competent authority, to perform assigned duties because of the officer’s intemperate use of

drugs or alcoholic liquor, or because of disease or injury resulting from the officer’s misconduct.

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2. See Table 1-2 to determine the creditability for absence while in an

enlisted status.

010103. Active Enlisted and/or Warrant Officer Service for Members in Basic Pay

Grades O-1E, O-2E, or O-3E

A. Service Counted

* 1. General. Commissioned officers with over 4 years of prior active

service as an enlisted member, warrant officer, or combined service in both grades are entitled to

count such service for purposes of computing basic pay for longevity purposes. Such prior

service includes all active service, in either the Regular or Reserve Component or both (i.e.,

active duty for training in enlisted or warrant officer status, annual Reserve training duty, and

full-time National Guard duty). Service on active duty or active and inactive duty for training

for at least 4 years and 1 day satisfies the over 4 years of service requirement under this section.

See subparagraph 010102.A.8 and applicable notes to Tables 1-7 and 1-8 for student entitlement

to basic pay for longevity purposes while attending the USUHS.

* 2. Creditable Prior Enlisted Service. Commissioned officers in pay

grades O-1, O-2, or O-3 who are credited with over 4 years (i.e., at least 4 years and 1 day) of

prior active service as an enlisted member are entitled to the special rate of basic pay for pay

grade O-1E, O-2E, or O-3E.

3. Creditable Prior Warrant Officer Service. Commissioned officers

in pay grades O-1, O-2, or O-3 who are credited with over 4 years (i.e., at least 4 years and 1

day) of prior active service as a warrant officer are entitled to the special rate of basic pay for pay

grade O-1E, O-2E, or O-3E.

4. Creditable Combined Prior Service. Effective October 1, 1993,

commissioned officers in pay grades O-1, O-2, or O-3 who are credited with over 4 years (i.e., at

least 4 years and 1 day) of combined prior active service as an enlisted member and warrant

officer are entitled to the special rate of basic pay for pay grade O-1E, O-2E, or O-3E.

5. Creditable Service for Certain Reserve Commissioned Officers.

Effective January 1, 2002, commissioned officers in pay grades O-1, O-2, and O-3 who are paid

from funds appropriated for Reserve personnel and credited with 1,460 points for retirement

computed under 10 U.S.C. 12732(a)(2) service as a warrant officer and/or enlisted member are

entitled to the special rate of basic pay for pay grade O-1E, O-2E, or O-3E.

6. Creditable Service for Certain Commissioned Officers. Effective

November 24, 2003, the restriction that members must be paid from reserve appropriated funds

to qualify for the special rate of basic pay for pay grades O-1E, O-2E, and O-3E based upon

creditable service points is eliminated. Therefore, effective that date, commissioned officers in

pay grades O-1 through O-3 with more than 1,460 points computed under 10 U.S.C. 12732(a)(2)

for service as a warrant officer and/or an enlisted member are entitled to the special rate of pay.

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7. Leap Year. Reserve Component members who perform duty

during a leap year earn a point for the extra day of duty in the month of February under

10 U.S.C. 12732(a)(2). A leap year represents 1 year of service for basic pay purposes. Thus,

the extra point does not qualify the member for having earned the equivalent of over 4 years of

active service, and the member would not be eligible for the O-1E, O-2E, or O-3E rate of basic

pay. The member would have to serve more than 4 years of active service to qualify for the

special rate of basic pay.

B. Service Not Counted. In computing active service, do not count:

1. Active service in a dual status (temporary officer-permanent enlisted) in

the Navy or Marine Corps.

2. Service as a National Guard technician.

3. Except for periods of active duty service performed while a

USUHS student, time served as a student at USUHS. See subparagraph 010102.A.8 and

applicable notes to Tables 1-7 and 1-8.

010104 Computation of Creditable Service

A. Computing a Basic Pay Date

1. All basic pay date computations start from the date of the

member’s most recent entry on duty without a break in service. Use the following dates:

a. For enlisted members, the date of enlistment, but see

subparagraphs 010101.D.13 and 010102.A.9 and 10, for service under a delayed entry program.

b. For officers, the date of acceptance of a commission. The

date of acceptance for officers graduating from a Military Service academy is the date of

graduation.

c. For officers entitled to count service as an acting assistant

surgeon, intern, or hospital steward in the Public Health Service or the Public Health Marine

Hospital Service, the date of acceptance of the appointment. Do not count service performed

before that date.

2. After determining initial basic pay date, compute creditable service

for all service prior to that date. Use the following to compute basic pay date. If the member

had any periods of service during which there was lost time, then do not use those periods here.

Instead, compute according to subparagraph 010104.A.3.

a. List beginning dates of service for each separate period of

service, without changing any of them, then add them together.

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b. List all ending dates. If the day is the 31st day of the

month, then change it to 30. If the day is February 28 in a non-leap year, then change it to

February 30 for computation purposes. If the day is February 29, then change it to February 30

for computation purposes. Do not change February 28 of a leap year to February 30. Then add

all ending dates together.

c. Subtract the beginning day result from the ending day

result.

d. For each noncontinuous period of service, add 1 day to

account for inclusive days. Explanation: Any period of service is at least one day. If, for

example, the member had one day of service on January 17, 1962, then the computation would

look like this:

YR MO DAY

Ending Day: 62 01 17

Less Beginning Day: 62 01 17

00 00 00

It is necessary to add 1 day for inclusive days to avoid this erroneous answer.

e. Convert to full years, months, and days. The result is years

of service creditable for pay purposes.

EXAMPLE:

Member served as follows:

From: To:

RA (enlisted) Jan 1, 51 Feb 28, 54

AUS (Com) Jun 1, 54 May 26, 61

AFUS (Com) Aug 1, 63 Mar 31, 68

EASF (Com) Apr 1, 68 Jun 4, 75

Beginning dates: Ending Dates:

YR MO DAY YR MO DAY

51 01 01 54 02 30

54 06 01 61 05 26

63 08 01 75 06 04

168 15 03 190 13 60

Convert February 28, 1954 to February 30, 1954 since 1954 was not a leap year. Convert

March 31, 1968 to March 30, 1968 since the 31st day of a month does not count as an ending

date, though it would count as a beginning date. The period from August 1, 1963 through

June 4, 1975 is continuous, so it is all included in the third line of the computation.

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Subtract total of beginning dates from total of ending dates:

YR MO DAY

190 13 60 (total of ending dates)

189 25 60 (borrowed 12 months from year column)

-168 15 03

21 10 57

Add 1 day for each of the 3 periods used in the computation. The result is 21 years,

10 months, and 60 days, which converts to exactly 22 years of creditable service.

3. Regarding computations involving lost time, if a member has lost

time, then compute the creditable service for the period served separately, as shown below. Add

the results to any creditable service computed separately under subparagraph 010104.A.2.

a. When there is a period of lost time that has not been made

good, compute the lost time on a 30-day month basis; but, if the lost time begins on the 31st day

of a month, then include that day as a lost day. Compute as follows:

Determine the years, months, and days of lost time and deduct that amount from the total

service during the period.

Example 1: A member enlisted for 4 years on July 18, 1970 but was

absent without leave (AWOL) from February 10, 1973 through March 16, 1973. The member

received a hardship discharge on August 10, 1973 without making up the lost time. The member

reenlisted February 20, 1975. Compute creditable service and basic pay date as follows:

First compute the lost time.

YR MO DAY

Ended AWOL: 73 03 16

Began AWOL: 73 02 10

Lost Time: 00 01 06+1 (inclusive day)

Then compute first period of service.

Discharged: 73 08 10

Entered Active Duty: 70 07 18

Subtotal: 03 00 22+1 (inclusive day)

Deduct Lost Time: 00 01 07

Creditable Service: 02 11 16

Subtract 2 years, 11 months, and 16 days from reenlistment date of February 20, 1975 to arrive at

a new basic pay date of March 4, 1972.

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b. A member who makes good the lost time does so on a day-

to-day basis. When the member makes good lost time and completes the enlistment or contract

period, compute the period of lost time on both a 30-day month basis and a day-to-day basis and

use the result that is most to the member’s advantage. To illustrate, if a member is AWOL on

March 30 through April 1, it would be 3 days on the day-to-day basis but only 2 days on a

30-day month basis. Compute creditable service as follows (and separately from periods of

service which do not have lost time):

First step: Compute total lost time on both a 30-day basis and a day-to-day basis.

Convert the day-to-day basis computation to years, months, and days, and compare it to the

computation on the 30-day basis. Discard the one which shows a higher total of days lost.

Second step: Compute the gross amount of service during the period by subtracting the

entry date from the discharge date and adding 1 day for inclusive day.

Third step: Subtract the lost time from the result of the second step. If the result is at

least as long as the enlistment contract, then use that amount. If the result is less than the

enlistment contract, then increase it to equal the enlistment contract.

Fourth step: Add this creditable service to any other periods and use the total to figure

the member’s basic pay date.

Example 2: Assume the member in example 1 had not received a hardship

discharge; instead, he or she had completed the enlistment contract, including making good the

lost time. He made up the 35 days of lost time computed on a day-to-day basis. The days served

to make good the lost time were July 18-31, 1974 (14 days) and August 1-21, 1974 (21 days).

When the member reenlists on February 20, 1975, compute creditable service as follows:

YR MO DAY

74 08 21 (ending date of last period of service)

-70 07 18 (beginning date of last period of service)

04 01 03 +1 (inclusive day)

The result is 4 years, 1 month, and 4 days before deducting lost time. Note that the lost time

computed on a 30-day month basis was 37 days, but was only 35 days when computed on a

day-to-day basis. Subtract the 35 days lost time from the period of service computed above.

YR MO DAY

04 01 04

- 00 01 05

03 11 29 (total service)

The result is less than the enlistment contract of 4 years, but since the member completed the

enlistment contract, he or she is entitled to credit for the entire 4 years. Set basic pay date at

February 20, 1971, when the member reenlists on February 20, 1975.

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Example 3: A member enlisted on July 18, 1970, for 4 years. She was

AWOL from July 28, 1973 through September 3, 1973, which is 38 days on a day-to-day basis

(July 28-31, 4 days; August 1-31, 31 days; and September 1-3, 3 days). She is discharged on

August 24, 1974 after making good the 38 days of bad time by serving July 18-31 (14 days) and

August 1-24 (24 days).

When she reenlists on February 20, 1975, compute prior service as follows:

YR MO DAY

74 08 24 (ending date of last period of service)

-70 07 18 (beginning date of last period of service)

04 01 06+1 (inclusive day)

The result is 4 years, 1 month, and 7 days before deducting lost time.

Lost time on a day-to-day basis was 38 days. Lost time on a 30-day month basis is:

Jul 28-31, 1973 03 days

Aug 1-30, 1973 30 days

Sep 1-3, 1973 03 days

Total 36 days

Following the rule set out in step 2, above, deduct the lost time in the manner most

beneficial to the member.

YR MO DAY

04 01 07 (service before deducting lost time)

-00 01 06 (lost time)

04 00 01

Set the basic pay date at February 19, 1971 when the member reenlists on February 20, 1975.

4. Adjusting basic pay date when member has lost time. Lost time

does not change an officer’s basic pay date (See paragraph 010102.B). When an enlisted person

returns to duty after a period of lost time, add the number of days lost time to the member’s basic

pay date to reflect the lost time.

Example: An enlisted member with no prior service enlisted on

July 18, 1973. He was AWOL from February 10, 1975 through March 16, 1975. When member

returns to duty status, change his basic pay date as follows:

Compute lost time:

February 10-30 21 days

March 1-16 16 days

37 days lost time

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YR MO DAY

73 07 18 (original basic pay date)

+00 01 07

73 08 25

The new basic pay date is August 25, 1973.

B. Procedure When Basic Pay Date Falls on February 29. When basic pay

date falls on February 29, entitlement to longevity increases begins on March 1 in non-leap years

and on February 29 in leap years.

0102 COMPUTATION OF PAY

010201. Basic Pay Entitlements

A. When Entitled to Basic Pay. The pay of Military Service members is

prescribed by law. Current basic pay rates are contained in Tables 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10 and at the

Defense Finance and Accounting Service website. Members are entitled to receive pay

according to their pay grades and years of service if they are:

1. On active duty in a pay status.

2. Not prohibited by law from receiving such pay.

B. Employment of Members in Another Capacity

1. Employment Under the Government

a. Unless otherwise provided by law (such as during the

period a member is on terminal leave pending retirement, separation, or release from active duty

under honorable conditions), a member may not be employed in another capacity by the

government and receive pay; other than the pay and allowances that accrue by reason of the

military status. A member may be employed, however, on a voluntary basis during off-duty

hours in connection with nonappropriated fund activities.

b. Under agreements such as that between the Department of

Defense and the Agency for International Development (AID) of the Department of State,

military members may be detailed to agencies such as AID for certain types of service for

specified periods. As provided in pertinent agreements, members so detailed are entitled to the

pay and allowances of employees of the agency (AID foreign service personnel, in the case of

that agency) holding comparable positions. Such members are paid by the agency in which

service is performed, not by the Military Service involved.

2. Acceptance or Holding Civil Office

a. An officer of an Armed Force on active duty may not be

employed on civil functions if the civil duties separate the member from the parent organization

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or interfere with the performance of military duties. This applies to employment on civil works

or internal improvements, by an incorporated company, or as acting paymaster or disbursing

agent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

b. Unless otherwise provided by law, an officer of a Regular

Component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps may not hold a civil office by

election or appointment under the United States, a territory, possession, or state. Acceptance of

such position terminates the officer’s appointment and any further entitlement to receive pay and

allowances whether or not the officer continues to fulfill the duties as an officer subsequent to

accepting the office.

3. Medical Officers. Medical officers on active duty who receive any

compensation or stipend payments for services they perform as interns or resident physicians in

private or public institutions (state, county, municipal, or privately owned hospitals) receive such

payments for the benefit of the United States. Collect these payments from medical officers for

deposit to the U.S. Treasury. See Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR), Volume I,

Chapter 10 for entitlement to Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH), and Table 25-1, rules 6 and

7, for Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) payments.

C. Formal Acceptance of Appointment by Officers

1. Pay and allowances generally accrue from the date of acceptance

of appointment as an officer. The normal method of acceptance is taking the oath of office.

Commencement of travel in compliance with an order is considered acceptance for pay purposes,

but payment will not be made until formal signing of the oath of office. See Table 1-3 for

specifics and for graduates of the academies.

2. An officer need not take the oath of office upon promotion if

service has been continuous since the last oath.

D. Restriction Against Dual Payments

1. A Reserve member who is called to active duty for more than

30 days in time of war or national emergency is entitled while on that active duty to the pay and

allowances prescribed for active duty. Exception is authorized if the member is entitled to a

pension, retired pay, or disability compensation for earlier military service, in an amount greater

than that prescribed for active duty.

2. Except as prescribed in subparagraph 010201.D.1, a Reserve

member who is entitled to payments for earlier military service, and is called to active duty and

is entitled to pay, may elect to receive either:

a. The payments for the earlier military service.

b. If member specifically waives those payments, the pay and

allowances authorized for the active duty.

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E. Posthumous Promotions. Members may be promoted posthumously. The

amount of bonus, gratuity, pay, or allowances is not changed by these promotions. This payment

restriction does not apply to promotions of members while in a missing status where a

determination by the Secretary of the Military Department concerned is subsequently made that

the member died before the date of the promotion.

010202. Computing Monthly Pay

A. Monthly Pay

1. Service of 30 Days or More. Compute monthly compensation as if

each month had 30 days. When service begins on an intermediate day of the month, pay for the

actual number of days served during that calendar month, but only through the 30th day of that

month. If active military service begins on the 31st day of any month, then compensation does

not accrue for that day. Any person who enters active service during February and serves until

the end of the month is entitled to the pay for 1 month (30 days), less the prorated amount for the

number of days expired before entry on duty. If the service ends before the last day of February,

then pay the member only for the actual number of days served.

2. Service of Less Than 30 Days. Members of the Uniformed

Services entitled to receive compensation for continuous periods of less than 1 month are entitled

to pay and allowances for each day of the period at the rate of 1/30 of the monthly amount of

such pay and allowances. Include the 31st day of a calendar month in the computation.

Members who are obligated to serve on active duty for 30 days or more, but who were released

before performing such active duty for at least 30 days, are entitled to receive pay and

allowances on a day-to-day basis.

B. Absence Without Pay

1. Deduct 1/30 of 1 month’s pay for each day’s absence in a nonpay

status.

2. No pay is lost for unauthorized absence on the 31st day of a month,

except when it is the first day of absence or when the member is paid for the day under

subparagraph 020201.B.

3. Absence in a nonpay status on the 28th of February in a non-leap

year results in loss of pay for 3 days. If member is absent only on the 28th day of February in a

leap year, then deduct the pay for 1 day for the 28th. If absence occurs on the 29th of February,

then deduct pay for 2 days. When payment is made under subparagraph 010202.A.2, on the

basis of each day actually served, deduct only for the actual period of unauthorized absence.

C. Annual Salary. Annual salary is divided into 12 equal installments. One

installment represents the pay for each calendar month. The daily rate is 1/30 of the monthly

rate. The above instructions for monthly pay also apply to annual salary.

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D. Basic Pay Rates. Tables 1-7 through 1-10 contain monthly rates of basic

pay.

010203. Saved Pay

A. Saved Pay and Allowances

1. Enlisted. An enlisted member who accepts an appointment as an

officer will, following appointment, be paid the greater of:

a. The pay and allowances to which such member would be

entitled if the member had remained in the last enlisted grade held before appointment as an

officer and continued to receive increases in pay and allowances authorized for that grade.

b. The pay and allowances to which the member thereafter

becomes entitled as an officer.

2. Warrant Officers. A warrant officer who accepts an appointment

as a commissioned officer will, following appointment, be paid the greater of:

a. The pay and allowances to which the member thereafter

becomes entitled as a commissioned officer.

b. The pay and allowances to which such member would be

entitled if the member had remained in the last warrant officer grade held before appointment as

a commissioned officer and continued to receive increases in pay and allowances authorized for

that grade.

c. In the case of an officer who was formerly an enlisted

member, the pay and allowances to which entitled, under subparagraph 010203.A.4.c, before

appointment as an officer.

3. Prior Service Medical Students. Members selected to participate

as a student at the USUHS or in the Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance

Program, who have prior active service in a pay grade with years of service greater than the rate

of second lieutenant or ensign will be authorized saved pay for the basic pay rate of the former

grade. The former basic pay rate will be increased on January 1 of each year by the average

percentage increase authorized for that year. The member will continue to receive the former

pay rate until the date, occurring before or after graduation or participation in the program, that

the member’s actual grade and years of service basic pay rate exceeds the former grade rate.

This saved pay provision applies only to basic pay. The member’s other pay entitlements will be

paid at the member’s actual grade and years of service.

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4. Restrictions

a. Except for prior service medical students discussed in

subparagraph 010203.A.3, a member entitled to saved pay is not authorized the pay for one grade

and an allowance for another grade.

b. The saved pay amount may be reduced when the member

loses entitlement to specific items; however, these specific items shall be included in saved pay if

the member again qualifies for such items. (See subparagraph 010203.A.4.g.)

c. In the case of a temporary officer, a member is not entitled

to an increase in saved pay because of a promotion to a higher grade.

d. BAH may be continued as an item of saved pay and will be

paid whenever it is not forfeited because the member is assigned to government quarters.

e. For enlisted members, basic allowance for subsistence

(BAS) is the alternative for subsistence in kind. Since officers are not authorized subsistence in

kind, a member eligible for saved pay is entitled to the appropriate BAS rate (including the

“when permitted to mess separately rate” even when subsistence in kind otherwise would be

provided or made available) under the conditions prevailing for enlisted members at their

permanent station. Credit BAS at the “when permitted to mess separately rate” at all times

except when the member would otherwise be entitled to a different rate. (See Chapter 25,

subparagraph 250102.C.)

* f. For appointments accepted before January 6, 2006, special

duty assignment pay, incentive pay for hazardous duty, special pay for diving duty, special pay

for sea duty, and hardship duty pay may be retained as an item of saved pay only for as long as

the member continues to perform the duty and would be eligible to receive payment had the

member remained in the former status.

g. For appointments accepted on or after January 6, 2006, in

determining the amount of the pay and allowances of a grade formerly held by an officer who

was an enlisted member and accepted an appointment as an officer, the following special and

incentive pays may be considered only so long as the officer continues to perform the duty that

creates the entitlement to, or eligibility for, that pay and would otherwise be eligible to receive

that pay in the former grade:

(1) Incentive pay for hazardous duty under 37 U.S.C. 301.

(2) Submarine duty pay under 37 U.S.C. 301c.

(3) Special pay for diving duty under 37 U.S.C. 304.

(4) Hardship duty pay under 37 U.S.C. 305.

(5) Career sea pay under 37 U.S.C. 305a.

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(6) Special pay for service as a member of a Weapons

of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team under 37 U.S.C. 305b.

(7) Assignment incentive pay under 37 U.S.C. 307a.

(8) Special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or

imminent danger under 37 U.S.C. 310.

(9) Special pay or bonus for an extension of duty at a

designated overseas location under 37 U.S.C. 314.

(10) Foreign language proficiency pay under

37 U.S.C. 316.

(11) Critical skill retention bonus under 37 U.S.C. 355.

h. The enlisted cash clothing allowances prescribed in

Chapter 29 may not be included in the saved pay computation if the officer is entitled to the

initial uniform allowance prescribed in Chapter 30, section 3002.

i. Family Separation Allowance for Housing (FSH) may be

continued as an item of saved pay under the same conditions as BAH (See subparagraph

010203.A.4.c). If the member was entitled to FSH due to enforced separation from the

member’s family at the time of appointment, then the allowance may be included in the

computation of saved pay until entitlement ends. FSH may be reinstated for future periods if the

member again qualifies for FSH due to enforced separation from the family. Similarly, other

items of overseas station allowance and/or special or incentive pay may be reinstated if a

member again qualifies for them.

j. Effective January 6, 2006, the following special and

incentive pays are dependent on a member being in an enlisted status and may not be considered

in determining the amount of the pay and allowances of a grade formerly held by an officer:

(1) Special duty assignment pay under 37 U.S.C. 307.

(2) Reenlistment bonus under 37 U.S.C. 308.

(3) Enlistment bonus under 37 U.S.C. 309.

(4) Career enlisted flyer incentive pay under

37 U.S.C. 320.

5. Breaks in Service. A break in service (e.g. released from active

duty, discharged) does not disqualify an officer for the saved pay and allowances entitlements of

this section.

010204. Increased Basic Pay During Period of Service Essential to Public Interest

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A. Entitlement to Increased Basic Pay. This section applies only to enlisted

members of the Regular Navy or Marine Corps, or Naval or Marine Corps Reserve, whose

enlistments expire while serving on a naval vessel in foreign waters.

1. Retention in Service. Such members may be retained on active

duty until the naval vessel returns to the continental United States (CONUS) if the period of

retention is determined “service essential to the public interests.” The senior officer present

afloat makes this determination.

2. Pay and Allowances. During the period of retention, except in

time of war, members are entitled to regular pay and allowances, plus a 25-percent increase in

the basic pay, to which they were entitled on the day before the period of retention began.

B. Members Not Eligible for Increase

1. Enlisted members are not entitled to the increased basic pay if

retained on active duty after expiration of enlistment:

a. At shore stations.

b. On ships on duty in waters in or around possessions and

territories of the United States.

c. On ships on duty in ports or waters within the sovereign

jurisdiction of the United States.

d. Due to lack of transportation.

e. Merely because it is desirable to continue their services, or

some benefit may be derived therefrom.

2. A member of the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve is not

entitled to the 25-percent increase while retained beyond period of obligated service, as

distinguished from normal date of expiration of enlistment.

C. Restrictions in Use. Do not use the 25-percent increase in computing:

1. Cash settlement for unused leave on discharge.

2. Physical disability or temporary disability retired pay.

3. Disability severance pay.

4. Reenlistment bonus.

D. Termination of Increase in Basic Pay

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1. The 25-percent increase in basic pay continues through:

a. Date of discharge, if the member is discharged within

30 days after arrival in CONUS.

b. Date of transfer to a hospital for treatment.

2. See Table 1-5, rule 19 for the date of termination of normal pay

and allowances.

010205. Allowable Travel Time for Reserve Members Called To or Released From

Active Duty

A. Pay and Allowances Entitlement for Allowable Travel Time

1. Reserve members called to active duty are entitled to active duty

pay and allowances for time allowed for necessary travel from:

a. Home to a first duty station.

b. Last duty station to home (except when released from

active duty for retirement, or dismissal, when discharged, or upon resignation).

2. Pay and allowances for allowable travel time is an earned

entitlement. The payment for the return home may be made upon the member’s release from

such duty without regard to actual performance of the travel. If the member dies after payment,

but before payment would otherwise be due, then no part of the payment will be recovered by the

United States.

B. Terms and Special Conditions

1. Allowable travel time is considered active duty for all purposes

normally ascribed to active duty. The computation of allowable travel time, whether actual or

constructive will:

a. For periods of active duty of 30 days or less, be based upon

the rules contained in Table 1-6.

b. For periods of active duty of more than 30 days, be based

upon the rules and provisions of the JFTR, Volume I, Chapter 10.

2. A member of a Reserve Component is entitled to active duty pay

and allowances for allowable travel time, if any, when:

a. Ordered to perform active duty training (ADT).

b. Performing authorized inactive duty training (IDT)

immediately before or after ADT at or near the same site.

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c. Receiving orders which direct performance of necessary

travel to and from the ADT site immediately before and after combined ADT/IDT. The travel

date will be specified in the active duty orders. Full retirement point credit is earned for the

period of IDT performed.

0103 ABSENCE FROM DUTY, EFFECT ON PAY, AND ALLOWANCES

010301. Authorized Leave

A. Authority. All Military Service members on active duty for

30 consecutive days or more are entitled to accrue leave under applicable Military Service leave

regulations. While on authorized leave they are entitled to full pay and allowances except as

otherwise provided in Table 1-11.

B. Applicable Service Leave Regulations. Applicable Military Service leave

regulations are:

1. Army. AR 600-8-10.

2. Navy. MILPERSMAN.

3. Air Force. AFI 36-3003.

4. Marine Corps. MCO 1050.3J.

C. Pay and Allowances During Leave

1. Entitlement. See Table 1-11.

2. Full Pay and Allowances Defined. This term means (includes) the

following:

a. Basic pay.

b. Special pays.

c. Incentive pay for hazardous duty.

d. Basic allowance for subsistence (enlisted leave rations).

e. Basic allowance for housing.

f. Personal money allowances.

g. Clothing maintenance allowances.

h. Family separation allowances.

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i. Station allowances. (See JFTR, Volume 1, Chapter 9.)

D. Advance Leave Carryover or Change to Excess Leave (Effective

November 14, 1986)

1. When Carryover Allowed. Members may elect to carry all or part

of an advance leave balance over to a new term of service when discharged for the purpose of:

a. Reenlisting within 24 hours of discharge or extending an

enlistment; or

b. Accepting an appointment as a warrant or commissioned

officer of the Armed Forces. Carryover will not exceed the number of days or fraction of days

the member will accrue in the new enlistment or term of service or 30 days, whichever is less.

Example 1: A member’s current term of service ends April 30, 1987. The

member reenlists for 6 years on March 1, 1987 and has a 5.0-day advance leave balance. The

5.0-day advance leave balance can be carried into the new term of service.

Example 2: A member’s current term of service ends September 30, 1987. On

May 1, 1987, the member agrees to serve a 12-month extension and has a 12.5-day advance

leave balance which will be offset by leave accrual through September 30, 1987. Between

May 1, 1987 and September 30, 1987, the member was charged for 30 days of leave. When the

extension became operative (October 1, 1987), the member could elect to carry the 30.0-day

advance leave balance into the new term of service (12-month extension).

2. Excess Leave. Advance leave becomes excess leave and requires

collection of pay and allowances under the following conditions:

a. Discharge for the purpose of reenlisting, extending an

enlistment, or accepting a warrant or commission, and advance leave exceeds 30 days.

b. Advance leave balance exceeds that which will accrue in

the new enlistment or term of service (for example, enlistment or extension(s)), including when

an agreement to extend is cancelled by the Military Service. If an agreement to extend is

cancelled by the member for the purpose of immediate reenlistment, then collect the advance

under subparagraph 010301.D.2.a, if applicable.

c. Relief from active duty.

d. Appointment as a cadet or midshipman at a Service

academy.

e. Death.

f. Return from a period of leave that was in excess of the

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of current enlistment or term of active service. The term of an extension(s) will be considered

when determining the normal expiration of current enlistment or term of active service.

Extension(s) will be considered from the date the member agrees to the extension(s). Excess

leave properly charged before the date a member extends a term of service (reenlistment,

appointment or agrees to extend voluntarily or is involuntarily extended) will not be affected and

under no circumstances will pay and allowances previously collected be refunded. (See

subparagraph 010301.E. when it is known at the time leave is granted that the member will be in

excess leave status.)

Example 3: A member’s current term of service ended on March 31, 1988. The

member reenlisted for 6 years on January 1, 1987 and had a 35.5-day advance leave balance.

The member carried 30.0 days of advance leave into the new term of service. The remaining

5.5-day advance leave balance changed to excess leave and required immediate collection of pay

and allowances. Subparagraph 010301.E. applies.

Example 4: Same as example 2, except that the member took 34 days of leave

between May 1, 1987 and September 30, 1987. Since a maximum of 30.0 days of advance leave

could be carried into the new term of service (12-month extension), immediate collection of pay

and allowances for the remaining 4.0 days was required when the leave was used. Subparagraph

010301.E, applies.

3. Amount to be Collected. Compute collection under subparagraph

010301.D.2. on the basis of pay and allowances actually received by the member during the

period of leave involved.

E. Pay and Allowances During Excess Leave. Members on excess leave are

not entitled to pay and allowances, except as provided by paragraph U10422-C, chapter 10,

JFTR. Apply the above as follows:

1. When the complete period of leave is granted as excess leave, pay

and allowance accrual will be stopped beginning with the first day of leave.

2. When a portion of the leave is granted as advance leave and a

portion granted as excess leave, pay and allowance accrual will be stopped beginning with the

first day of excess leave. Members in an excess leave are considered to have a rate of pay.

F. Leave Pending Review of Certain Court-Martial Convictions. Under

regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Military Department concerned, members

sentenced to unsuspended dismissal or unsuspended dishonorable or bad conduct discharge by

court-martial may be required to take leave pending review of their conviction as provided by

Article 76a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

1. Such leave shall be charged against any accrued leave to the

member’s credit on the day before the day such leave begins unless the member elects to be paid

for accrued leave under subparagraph Chapter 35, 50101.C.

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a. If the member does not elect to be paid for accrued leave or

does not have sufficient accrued leave to cover the total period of leave required to be taken, then

the leave not covered by accrued leave shall be charged as excess leave.

b. If the member elects to be paid for accrued leave, then the

entire period of leave shall be charged as excess leave and pay and allowances will not accrue for

such period except under the provisions of subparagraph 010301.F.2.

2. A member required to take leave under Article 76a, UCMJ, whose

sentence by court-martial to dismissal or dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge is set aside or

disapproved on appellate review, shall accrue pay and allowances for the period of leave charged

as excess leave (except for any day of accrued leave for which the member has been paid under

subparagraph 010301.F.1.b), unless a rehearing or new trial is ordered and dismissal or

dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge results from the rehearing or new trial and such dismissal

or discharge is later executed.

a. Computation of Payment. The amount of gross pay and

allowances accrued under this subparagraph shall be reduced by the total gross income from

wages, salaries, tips, other personal service income, unemployment compensation, and public

assistance benefits from any government agency during the period the member is deemed to have

accrued gross pay and allowances. The total gross income described above, however, cannot

reduce the amount of gross pay and allowances to the extent that the member becomes indebted

to the government.

(1) Approved Sentence Does Not Include Reduction.

Pay and allowances under this section will be paid in the pay grade held by the member on the

day before the day on which the court-martial sentence was approved by the convening

authority.

(2) Approved Sentence Includes Reductions. If the pay

grade of the member was reduced to a lower grade as a result of the court-martial sentence and

the reduction has not been set aside, disapproved, or otherwise vacated, then pay and allowances

accrued under this paragraph will be paid at the lower pay grade.

b. Time of Payment

(1) Payment shall be made within 60 days from the date

of the order setting aside or disapproving the sentence by court-martial to a dismissal or a

dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge if no rehearing or new trial has been ordered.

(2) Payment shall be made within 180 days from the

date of the order setting aside or disapproving the sentence by court-martial to a dismissal or a

dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge if a rehearing or new trial has been ordered but charges

have not been referred to a rehearing or new trial within 120 days from the date of that order.

(3) If a rehearing or new trial has been ordered, and a

dismissal or a dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge is not included in the result of the rehearing

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or new trial, then payment shall be made within 60 days of the date of the announcement of the

result of such rehearing or new trial.

(4) If a rehearing or new trial has been ordered, and a

dismissal for a dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge is included as the result of such rehearing

or new trial, but such dismissal or discharge is not later executed, then payment shall be made

within 60 days of the date of the order which set aside, disapproved, or otherwise vacated such

dismissal or discharge.

(5) If a member who is entitled to be paid under this

section fails to provide sufficient information in a timely manner regarding his/her income when

such information is requested under subparagraph 010301.F.3, then the periods of time

prescribed in this paragraph shall be extended until 30 days after the date on which the member

provides the requested information.

3. In all cases where payment must be made under subparagraph

010301.F.2, the member solely is responsible for providing the information as to sources and

amounts of income received by the member during periods of required appellate leave. Pay will

be computed only on the basis of a written record. Information as to sources and amounts of

income should include, at a minimum, copies of all pertinent income tax returns, employer

statements of income earned from wages, salaries, tips, and documentation of other personal

service income. In cases where the member has been unemployed, the required information shall

include affidavits or written evidence of lack of employment and documentation to verify the

duration of unemployment compensation and public assistance benefits received from any

government agency.

010302. Unauthorized Absence and Other Lost Time

A. Effect on Pay and Allowances. The types of unauthorized absence and

other lost time and their effect on pay and allowances are shown in Table 1-12. (Compute for

forfeitures of pay and allowances as instructed in subparagraph 010202.B.)

B. Unauthorized Absence and Desertion

1. Determination by Court-Martial. A member found guilty of

unauthorized absence by a court-martial forfeits pay and allowances for the period of absence.

An acquittal (or disapproval by the reviewing authority, in case of conviction) affects only the

disciplinary aspects of the absence. It does not prevent an administrative determination that the

member was absent without leave.

2. Administrative Determination of Unauthorized Absence. When a

member is in an unauthorized absence status, an administrative determination must be made as to

whether the absence was unavoidable. Table 1-13 contains rules for determining whether the

absence was unavoidable. If it is not excused as unavoidable, then the member (including one

mentally incompetent) forfeits pay and allowances for the period of absence. This applies even

though a court-martial finds the member not guilty of a charge of unauthorized absence, or when

a finding of guilty has been disapproved by the reviewing authority.

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3. Discharge for Desertion. A discharge for desertion is conclusive

evidence of desertion for purpose of forfeiture of pay, even in the absence of trial by court-

martial.

4. Dropped From Rolls. A commissioned officer of the Army or Air

Force who is dropped from the rolls by the President for absence without authority for 3 months

forfeits all pay due or to become due. Pay and allowances due at the time the officer is dropped

from the rolls, however, will be used to satisfy debts due the United States and its

instrumentalities.

5. Disposition of Forfeitures as a Result of Desertion. When an

enlisted member, warrant officer, or limited duty officer forfeits pay as a result of desertion,

deposit the gross amount of such forfeited pay to the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust

Fund. Do not, however, deposit this pay beyond the expiration of term of enlistment for enlisted

members.

C. Computing Periods of Unauthorized Absence. Unauthorized absence of

24 consecutive hours or less does not affect pay or allowances. This applies even though the

absence involves parts of 2 days. When the period of unauthorized absence exceeds

24 consecutive hours, use Table 1-14 to determine the first and last day of the period of absence.

D. Absence in the Hands of Civil Authorities

1. General. Pay the member all pay and allowances earned through

the day before the first day of unauthorized absence. If the member is delivered to civil

authorities by military authorities, then he or she is entitled to all pay and allowances earned

through the day prior to the date of such delivery. For entitlement to pay and allowances during

confinement, see Table 1-12, rules 4, 5, and 6.

2. Finding of Insanity. An administrative determination under the

rules contained in Table 1-13 must be made as to whether the absence was unavoidable when a

member is found not guilty by reason of insanity by a civil court and transferred to a mental

institution for an indefinite period of time. Table 1-12 contains rules for determining the effect

of the absence on pay and allowances.

3. Work Release Program. In some states and local jurisdictions, a

person convicted and sentenced to a term of civil confinement may be released from the

confinement facility to the cognizance of an employer during the normal workday. Work

release, job rehabilitation, or employment retention programs of this type generally are

conducted for the purpose of providing prisoners a means to continue support of their dependents

and to demonstrate that they are capable of self-rehabilitation. When members are paroled to

military authorities under a “work release” or similar program, they are entitled to pay and

allowances for each day of full duty performed commensurate with their grade and military

specialty.

E. Absence Due to Disease

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1. When Pay Is Forfeited. See Table 1-12, rule 3.

2. When Pay Is Not Forfeited. Pay is not forfeited for absence from

duty caused by:

a. An injury.

b. A disease, except under Table 1-12, rule 3.

c. Simple drunkenness, if not coupled with chronic alcoholism or

intemperate use of habit-forming drugs.

d. Venereal disease, whether or not due to misconduct.

3. Personal Expense Money. A member whose pay is forfeited under

Table 1-12, rule 3 for more than 1 month is entitled to $5 for personal expenses for each full

month that he or she forfeits pay. This payment will be made even though the member is

indebted to the United States. The term “full month” is the period from a date in 1 month

through the preceding date in the following month. For example, July 3 through August 2 is

1 month.

F. Military Confinement. Pay and allowances accrue to a member in military

confinement except when:

1. Confined by military authorities, for civil authorities. See

Table 1-12, rules 6 and 8.

2. Pay and allowances are forfeited by court-martial sentence. See

Chapter 48 and Table 1-12, rule 10.

3. The term of enlistment expires. See subparagraph 010302.G.

G. Term of Enlistment Expires

1. General. Pay and allowances accrue to a member upon return to a

full-duty status. Full duty is attained when a member not in confinement is assigned useful and

productive duties (as opposed to duties prescribed by regulations for confinement facilities) on a

full-time basis which are not inconsistent with the grade, length of service, and military

occupational specialty (MOS). While placement in the same MOS is not essential, the decision

to place a member in that MOS or to assign the member available duties consistent with the

grade and service rests with the appropriate military commander.

2. Absentee Returned to Military Control. An absentee who

surrenders or is apprehended after a term of enlistment has expired is not entitled to pay and

allowances until restored to a full-duty status for the purpose of making good the lost time.

While held in retention, a member may be assigned duties as prescribed by regulations governing

detained prisoners without being returned to full-duty status.

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3. Enlistment Expires Before Trial. An enlisted member retained in

the Military Service for the purpose of trial by court-martial is not entitled to pay for any period

after expiration of the enlistment unless acquitted or the charges are dismissed, or the member is

retained in or restored to a full-duty status.

4. Confined Awaiting Trial by Court-Martial. If a member is

confined awaiting court-martial trial when the enlistment expires, then pay and allowances end

on the date the enlistment expires. If the member is acquitted when tried, then pay and

allowances accrue until discharge.

5. Confined Serving Court-Martial Sentence. If a member is

confined serving court-martial sentence when the enlistment expires, then pay and allowances

end on the date the enlistment expires unless the sentence is completely overturned or set aside

as specified in section 4809. Pay and allowances will not accrue again until the date the member

is restored to a full-duty status.

6. Confined While in a Status of Being Held in the Service to Make

Up Lost Time. If confined while in a status of being held in the Military Service to make up lost

time, then an enlisted member continues in a pay status, except to the extent that pay may be

forfeited by court-martial, the same as during the regular enlistment period. This pay status

terminates if the member is in confinement on the date the normal term of service as extended to

make up lost time would have expired, even if restored to duty at a later date.

7. Confinement Deferred or Prisoner Restored to Duty. A prisoner in

a nonpay status is entitled to pay and allowances when service of sentence to confinement is

deferred or the member is restored to a full-duty status. The date restored to duty is the date the

member reported present for duty.

8. Absentee Confined Upon Return to Military Control. An enlisted

member whose term of enlistment has expired while in a status of absence without leave or

desertion is not entitled to pay and allowances upon return to military control while confined

awaiting trial and disposition of the case, if the conviction becomes final and the member has not

been returned to a full-duty status. A member, however, who is returned to military control and

restored to full duty for the purpose of making good the lost time before being confined to await

trial, continues in a pay status except to the extent that pay may be forfeited by court-martial, the

same as during the regular enlistment period. This pay status terminates if the member is in

confinement on the date the normal term of service as extended to make up lost time would have

expired, even if he or she is restored to duty at a later date.

9. Confined Under Sentence of Death. The pay and allowances of a

member serving in confinement under sentence of death and pending completion of the appellate

review of the record of trial do not accrue after the expiration of the enlistment.

10. Appellate Review of Court-Martial Sentence. A confined member

who is pending appellate review of his or her court-martial sentence is not entitled to pay and

allowances after expiration of term of enlistment, unless the conviction is completely overturned

or set aside.

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H. Reserve Officer Absent From Duty. A Reserve officer whose term of

active service expires while confined as a result of court-martial action continues to be entitled to

pay and allowances, except when forfeited under an approved sentence of a court-martial or a

period of service is terminated by proper orders.

0104 PAYMENT IN CASES OF VOID, VOIDABLE, OR REJECTED ENLISTMENTS OR

INDUCTIONS

010401. Voidability of Contract

A fraudulent contract of enlistment or induction is not void but is voidable at the option

of the government. When the government becomes aware of the fraud, it may void the contract

or waive the objection and allow the contract to stand. (See Table 1-15.)

010402. Fraudulent Enlistments – Pay and Allowances

Members under investigation or determined to be serving in fraudulent enlistments are

due pay and allowances for periods shown in Table 1-15.

010403. Donations and Travel Payments

See Chapter 35.

010404. Disbursing Officer Entitled to Credit

A disbursing officer is entitled to credit for proper payments to a member who

fraudulently enlisted if payments were made without the knowledge of the fraud and before the

government rescinded the contract.

010405. Failure to Discover Physical Condition of Enlistee or Inductee

Failure to discover that the physical condition of an enlistee or inductee was such as

would warrant rejection for military service does not deprive member of right to pay and

allowances or of the status of being entitled to basic pay. (See Table 1-15.)

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Table 1-1. Service as Cadet or Midshipman – Officers

SERVICE AS CADET OR MIDSHIPMAN – OFFICERS

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

D

When a member

currently serving as

an officer has had

service as a cadet or

midshipman in

to which appointed

and member

then the

period

involved is

1

any of the military

academies

held no concurrent enlisted

and/or Reserve status

not creditable.

2

after June 25, 1956

had an enlistment contract or

period of obligated service

that was not terminated

3

as a permanent

midshipman before

June 26, 1956

4

concurrently retained a

commission or warrant in the

Army or Air Force Reserve

creditable.

5

on or after

January 1, 1953

concurrently retained a

commission or warrant in the

Naval Reserve

6

before

June 26, 1956

concurrently held an enlisted

status in the Army or Air

Force Reserve

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Table 1-2. Absence From Duty in Enlisted Status

ABSENCE FROM DUTY IN ENLISTED STATUS

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

When the absence is

and

then the

period of

absence is

1

authorized leave or authorized excess leave

creditable.

2

unauthorized absence of more than 1 day

(24 consecutive hours) (including detention of

Army or Air Force members by or for civil

authorities)

is administratively excused as

unavoidable

3

is not administratively excused as

unavoidable

not creditable

(note 1).

4

civil detention of a Navy or Marine Corps

member

occurred before July 24, 1956, and

the member was not acquitted or

released without trial, and without

making restitution

5

occurred on or after July 24, 1956,

and the member was absent under

sentence or awaiting (and during) trial

which resulted in conviction (note 2)

6

inability to perform duty for more than 1 day

(24 consecutive hours) because of intemperate

use of alcohol or drugs, or disease or injury

resulting from misconduct

7

desertion

8

because of confinement for more than 1 day

(24 consecutive hours) while awaiting trial (if

the trial results in conviction) or confinement as

the result of a court-martial sentence (note 3)

the member was a member of the

Army or Air Force

9

absence of a Navy or Marine Corps member

because of confinement of more than 1 day

(24 consecutive hours) while awaiting trial (if

the trial results in conviction) or confinement as

the result of a court-martial sentence

the confinement occurred on or after

July 24, 1956 (note 4)

10

the confinement occurred before

July 24, 1956

(note 4).

NOTES:

1. Prior to February 11, 1996, absence during which a member was serving on active duty as an enlisted member

and was also a Reserve officer is creditable. After February 10, 1996, a commissioned or warrant officer may

not count the periods of absence for any purpose other than for computing length of service for basic pay. Also,

see subparagraph 010102.B.

2. If the member is released without trial or acquitted, or if conviction is set aside on legal grounds (as distinguished

from clemency), then the period of absence is creditable. If the member is released upon agreement to make

restitution or is later convicted by court-martial on the same facts, then the period of absence is not creditable.

3. Period spent in confinement is creditable when the member is acquitted or the sentence is set aside or

disapproved.

4. The period of absence is not creditable only if the confinement was under general court-martial sentence and/or

while waiting (and during) trial which resulted in a sentence by a general court-martial to confinement and total

loss of pay and allowances.

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Table 1-3. When Active Duty Pay Begins

WHEN ACTIVE DUTY PAY BEGINS

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

D

E

When a person is

in the

and

then active duty pay and allowances

begin on:

are authorized for:

1

originally appointed as a

permanent officer

Regular Army,

Navy, Marine

Corps, or Air Force

(note 1)

date of formal

acceptance of

appointment (see

subparagraph

010201.C.).

2

an enlisted member

temporarily appointed to a

warrant or commissioned

officer grade

Navy or Marine

Corps

3

an enlisted member or

warrant officer on active

duty appointed to a

commissioned officer

grade under

10 U.S.C.

12201

Reserve

continues on

active duty in

that

commissioned

officer grade

4

enlisted, reenlisted, or

inducted

Regular Army,

Navy, Marine

Corps, or Air Force

date of enlistment,

reenlistment, or

induction.

5

service academy graduate

commissioned as a second

lieutenant or ensign

Regular Army or

Air Force

date of graduation

(note 2).

6

Regular Navy or

Marine Corps

date of formal

acceptance of

appointment.

7

Reserve or retired member

called or recalled to active

duty

Army, Navy,

Marine Corps, or

Air Force

date member

necessarily complies

with active duty

order (note 3).

8

AUS or USAF without

component temporary

officer called to active duty

Army or Air Force

date member

necessarily complies

with active duty

orders (note 3).

9

Reserve or retired member

ordered to active duty to

take a physical

examination incident to

being ordered to active

duty for more than 30 days

Navy, Marine

Corps, Army, or

Air Force

period of the

examination, and

allowable travel time

in connection

therewith (notes 3, 5,

6, and 7).

10

ARNG or ANG member

called into Federal service

Army or Air Force

the period of

Federal service

is 30 days or

less

date of reporting at

place of rendezvous.

11

the period of

Federal service

is more than

30 days or an

indefinite period

date member

necessarily complies

with active duty

orders (notes 3

and 4).

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Table 1-3. When Active Duty Pay Begins (Continued)

WHEN ACTIVE DUTY PAY BEGINS

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

D

E

When a person is

in the

and

then active duty pay and allowances

begin on:

are authorized for:

12

a separated Service

academy cadet required to

serve a period of enlisted

active duty

Regular Army,

Navy, Marine

Corps, or Air Force

date following date

of approval of

cadet’s separation

from the academy.

NOTES:

1. Original appointments include officers appointed from warrant officer, enlisted member, or civilian status.

2. Pay accrues from date of graduation, even though appointment is issued and accepted at later date.

3. See paragraph 010205 of this chapter and Table 1-6 for allowable travel time to include in computation. Pay

and allowances do not accrue if the member begins travel or reports earlier than the travel time necessary to

comply with the active duty orders.

4. Pay status does not begin if the ARNG or ANG member is unable to respond to the call to active duty because

of illness or other reason.

5. If member passes the physical examination, then pay and allowances accrue for travel time to first duty station

when later ordered to active duty for more than 30 days.

6. If the member fails the physical examination, then pay and allowances accrue for period required for the

examination and travel time to and from the examination.

7. If the member is ordered to active duty solely to take a physical examination, not incident to being ordered to

active duty, then active duty pay and allowances do not accrue.

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Table 1-4. Increases in Pay on Promotion or Restoration of Grade

INCREASES IN PAY ON PROMOTION OR RESTORATION OF GRADE

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

D

E

When

member is a(n)

and action is

in the

and

then effective date of

increase in pay and

allowances is

1

officer

designation of

special assignment

under

10 U.S.C.

601(a)

Army, Air Force, or

Marine Corps as

General or Lt

General; or Navy as

Admiral or Vice

Admiral

date officer assumes

the designated duty

(note 1).

2

Reserve officer not

on the active duty

list

promotion to grade

above O-2

Navy or Marine

Corps

date officer becomes

eligible for promotion

to the higher grade.

3

promotion to grade

O-2

date of rank.

4

officer

promotion to grade

above O-1

Uniformed Services

effective date of the

promotion.

5

Reserve officer on

active duty (other

than for training)

(but not on the

active duty list)

permanent

promotion to a

higher Reserve grade

Army or Air Force

officer is ordered to

serve on active duty

in the higher

permanent Reserve

grade

effective date of orders

to serve on active duty

in the higher

permanent Reserve

grade (note 2).

6

officer is serving on

active duty and

assigned to a

position requiring a

grade equal to or

higher than the

grade to which

promoted

effective date of orders

or letter announcing

promotion (note 3).

7

temporary promotion

to a higher Reserve

grade

effective date of orders

announcing promotion;

or date shown in

special orders

confirming verbal

orders.

8

enlisted member

advancement in rank

or rating

Navy

effective date is

specified in the

letter authorizing

the advance

effective date is stated,

or date of the letter,

whichever is later

(note 4).

9

effective date is not

stated in letter

date advance was

actually effected, but

not before date

member’s commander

receives the authority

(note 4).

10

Marine Corps

effective date is

specified in the

directive

authorizing the

advance

effective date as stated

in the directive or date

of the directive,

whichever is later

(note 4).

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Table 1-4. Increases in Pay on Promotion or Restoration of Grade (Continued)

INCREASES IN PAY ON PROMOTION OR RESTORATION OF GRADE

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

D

E

When

member is a(n)

and action is

in the

and

then effective date of

increase in pay and

allowances is

11

enlisted member

advancement in rank

or rating

Marine Corps

promotion is not

effected by

directive

date certificate of

appointment is signed

by issuing authority

(note 4).

12

appointment or

promotion to a

higher grade

Army or Air Force

1. date cited in orders,

or date of orders,

whichever is later

(note 5); or

2. date of oral appoint-

ment or promotion, if

later confirmed in

writing (note 4).

13

restoration of former

grade

reason for reduction

was non-judicial

punishment

may be retroactive to

date of reduction.

14

reason for reduction

was inefficiency

date of restoration

orders.

NOTES:

1. If the officer’s assignment is terminated because of:

a. Assignment to another position also designated a special assignment, the officer will continue to draw the pay rate of the

terminated assignment through the day before assuming the new position.

b. Hospitalization, the officer will continue to draw the pay rate of the terminated assignment for the full period of

hospitalization, but for not more than 180 days.

c. Retirement, the officer will continue to draw the pay rate of the terminated position through the day before retirement, but

for not more than 90 days.

2. A retroactive amendment of active duty orders is authority to serve in the higher grade from date of the amendment only.

Increased pay and allowances are authorized from that date. Such orders do not create entitlement to increased pay and

allowances for the retroactive period.

3. A retroactive promotion date is to be used only for consideration of seniority and time in grade for future promotions. Such

orders do not create entitlement to increased pay and allowances for the period between the eligibility date for promotion

and the effective date of the promotion order or letter. The effective date of promotion for purposes of entitlement to

increased pay and allowances must not be earlier than the date the officer is assigned to a position requiring a grade equal to

or higher than the grade to which promoted.

4. An appointment, promotion, or advancement to a higher grade with an effective date beyond the expiration date of the

current enlistment and which is contingent upon the member’s extension of enlistment or reenlistment, entitles the member

to increased pay and allowances from the effective date of extension or reenlistment, whichever is later. Payment for the

higher rank or rating is not authorized for a period prior to date of current enlistment.

5. This restriction does not prevent payment to enlisted members for retroactive promotions or advancements that are made

pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1552(a)(2)

(retroactive promotion or advancement without decision of the Board for Correction of

Military Records), effective October 23, 1992.

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Table 1-5. Termination or Reduction of Active Duty Pay and Allowances

TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF ACTIVE DUTY PAY AND ALLOWANCES

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

D

E

If

member is in the

and

status is an

and action is

and reason for

retention is

then pay and allowances are

authorized through date

1

Regular Army,

Navy, Marine

Corps, or Air

Force

officer holding

permanent

appointment

resignation, discharge, or

dismissal

1. shown as official date of

separation in official notice; or

2. officer receives official

notice, if no official date of

separation is shown (note 1).

2

officer holding

temporary

appointment or

promotion

discharge or dismissal

from permanent status

of termination of appointment.

3

resignation

4

transfer to Fleet Reserve,

or Fleet Marine Corps

Reserve (note 2)

before date placed on the

retired list.

5

involuntary retirement

under Officer Personnel

Act of 1947

6

retirement on last day of

month after month

member completed 30

years of active service

7

retirement, other than as

shown in rules 5 and 6;

includes physical

disability retirement

8

permanent appointment

as an officer

before date of acceptance of

permanent appointment.

9

termination of

appointment for any other

reason

of termination of appointment.

10

Army, Navy,

Marine Corps, or

Air Force Reserve

officer or

enlisted

member

release from active duty

of allowable travel time after

release (see Table 1-6).

11

release from active duty

for retirement

before date placed on retired

list.

12

discharge, dismissal, or a

resignation

shown in official separation

notice, or date member

receives official notice of

separation.

13

Army, Navy,

Marine Corps, or

Air Force

enlisted

member

retirement (including

physical disability

retirement)

before date placed on retired

list.

14

transfer to Fleet Reserve

or Fleet Marine Corps

Reserve

of transfer.

15

discharge

of discharge (note 3).

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Table 1-5. Termination or Reduction of Active Duty Pay and Allowances (Continued)

TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF ACTIVE DUTY PAY AND ALLOWANCES

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

D

E

If member is in the

and status is an

and action is

and reason for

retention is

then pay and allowances are

authorized through date

16

Army, Navy,

Marine Corps, or

Air Force

enlisted

member

retention in service after

expiration of term of

service (note 4)

convenience of the

government

of the period of retention.

17

to make good lost

time

of the period of retention, if

retained in full duty status or if

authorized to perform duty.

18

probation after

confinement

of the probational period, if

duty is performed during such

period.

19

medical care or

hospitalization (with

member’s consent)

of release from medical care or

hospitalization (note 5).

20

service is essential to

public interest

(section 0204, this

chapter)

of discharge (note 6).

21

court-martial action

see subparagraph 010302.G.

22

demotion (administrative)

before date of demotion orders

at the higher rate; and at the

reduced rate on and after date

of demotion orders.

23

officer or

enlisted

member

death

of death.

24

revoking a promotion

(erroneous promotion

through administrative

error)

before date of discovery at the

higher rate; at the reduced rate

on or after date of discovery

(note 7).

25

retirement

late delivery of

retirement orders

retirement orders are delivered

or member is notified that

retirement orders were issued.

NOTES:

1. Discharge orders do not of themselves relieve the government of its obligation to an officer. The officer must have received actual

or constructive notice by the effective date, unless the officer willfully avoids notice of separation. If kept in Military Service

without fault, in ignorance of an order of dismissal, then the officer is entitled to all salaries and benefits of the office. If held in

Military Service under orders after the date shown in separation orders, then the officer is entitled to pay if there is nothing in the

records showing non-entitlement.

2. A member who reverts from a temporary officer appointment to a permanent enlisted or warrant officer grade is entitled, if

otherwise proper, to the active duty pay and allowances of the temporary officer grade through and including the date of reversion.

3. Includes discharge for underage enlistment. Does not include discharge for fraudulent contract of enlistment. (See section 0104.)

4. A member whose enlistment is extended involuntarily by law comes under rule 15, not rules 16-21.

5. If medical care or hospitalization was due to member’s misconduct, then pay and allowances terminate on date of expiration of term

of Military Service.

6. See subparagraph 010204.E. for date of termination of the 25 percent increase in basic pay.

7. An erroneous promotion is later voided by revoking promotion orders (certificates of appointment or other documents used by the

Military Service concerned to administratively effect promotions) from the original effective date. Payment of the pay and

allowances of the higher grade through the date prior to the date of discovery is contingent, in each case, upon an administrative

determination of the commander that service performed while serving in the higher grade may be regarded as service performed in

a “de facto” status, that is, the member was promoted by competent authority and performed duties of the higher grade. (See

procedural regulations of the Military Service concerned.)

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Table 1-6. Allowable Travel Time – Travel Between Places Within the United States

ALLOWABLE TRAVEL TIME,TRAVEL BETWEEN PLACES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

D

If order to active

duty is for

and travel by

(note 1)

then travel time

allowed is

using (notes 3 and 4).

1

30 days or less

all transportation is

reasonably

available

computed on the basis

of air transportation (not

more than 1 day for

travel between places

within the continental

United States) (note 2)

actual commercial air

schedules, and including the

actual or estimated time to

travel to and from air

terminal(s) (but not more than

2 hours for each trip).

2

air transportation is

not reasonably

available for entire

travel

computed as if actually

performed by public

surface transportation

actual schedules of fastest

available mode.

NOTES:

1. When the air terminal is within 50 miles of the active duty station and direct or connecting flights are

obtainable within 50 miles of the place from which ordered to active duty.

2. Additional time may be allowed when there is an actual delay in air travel. The delay must have been due to

reasons beyond the control of the member, such as mechanical failure, adverse weather conditions, excess

passenger load, cancelled flights, illness of other passengers, or other circumstances.

3. Travel is not expected to start or end between midnight and 0600.

4. Travel days will not exceed the computed travel time. In the computation of travel time, use existing

commercial schedules to determine the latest departure time that would permit arrival at the duty station on the

reporting date and hour. On release from active duty, use earliest schedule after release which would permit

arrival home by fastest available means, without regard to actual performance of travel. A member of a

Reserve Component who:

a. is ordered to perform active duty training (ADT);

b. performs authorized inactive duty training (IDT) immediately before or after ADT at or near the same site;

and

c. receives orders which direct performance of necessary travel to and from the ADT site immediately before

and after combined ADT/IDT is entitled to active duty pay and allowances for allowable travel time per

subparagraph 010205.B. The travel date will be specified in the active duty orders. Full retirement point

credit is earned for the period of IDT performed.

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*Table 1-7. Monthly Rates of Basic Pay – Commissioned Officers, Academy Cadets and

Midshipmen and ROTC Members - Effective January 1, 2012

MONTHLY RATES OF BASIC PAY – COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, ACADEMY CADETS AND

MIDSHIPMEN AND ROTC MEMBERS (note 1) - EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012 (NOTES 1 TO 6)

Cumulative Years of Service

Pay

Grade

(note 1)

2 or less

Over

2

Over

3

Over

4

Over

6

Over

8

Over

10

Over

12

Over

14

Over

16

Over

18

O-10

O-9

O-8

9683.10

10000.20

10210.80

10,269.60

10,532.40

10,971.00

11,073.30

11,489.70

11,609.10

11,968.20

12,487.80

O-7

8045.70

8419.80

8592.60

8,730.00

8,979.00

9,225.00

9,509.40

9,792.90

10,077.30

10,971.00

11,725.50

O-6

5963.40

6551.70

6981.30

6,981.30

7,008.00

7,308.60

7,348.20

7,765.80

8,504.10

8,937.60

O-5

4971.30

5600.40

5988.00

6,061.20

6,303.00

6,447.60

6,765.90

6,999.30

7,301.10

7,763.10

7,982.40

O-4

4289.40

4965.60

5296.80

5,370.60

5,678.10

6,007.80

6,418.50

6,738.30

6,960.60

7,088.10

7,161.90

O-3

3771.30

4275.30

4614.60

5,031.00

5,271.90

5,536.50

5,707.80

5,988.90

6,135.60

O-2

3258.60

3711.30

4274.40

4,418.70

4,509.60

O-1

2828.40

2943.90

3558.60

3,558.60

MONTHLY RATES OF BASIC PAY – continued

Cumulative Years of Service

Pay Grade

(note 1)

Over

20

Over

22

Over

24

Over

26

Over

28

Over

30

Over

32

Over

34

Over

36

Over

38

Over

40

O-10

15,647.10

15,723.30

16,050.60

16,620.00

17,451.00

18,323.40

19,239.90

O-9

13,685.10

13,882.50

14,167.20

14,664.00

15,397.50

16,167.60

16,975.80

O-8

12,966.60

13,286.40

13,618.80

13,959.30

O-7

11,725.50

11,785.20

12,021.00

O-6

9,370.50

9,617.10

9,866.70

10,350.60

10,557.30

O-5

8,199.30

8,446.20

O-4

7,161.90

O-3

6,135.60

O-2

4,509.60

O-1

3,558.60

NOTES:

1. Basic pay rate for Academy Cadets/Midshipmen and ROTC members/applicants is $990.00.

2. Basic pay for pay grades O-7 through O-10 is limited to the rate of basic pay for Level II of the Executive Schedule, which is

$14,975.10. Basic pay for pay grades O-6 and below is limited to the rate of basic pay for Level V of the Executive

Schedule, which is $12,141.60.

3. Basic pay, regardless of years of service, while serving as Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of

Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, or

commander of a unified or specified combatant command (as defined in 10 U.S.C. 161(c)

) is $20,587.80. However, the basic

pay is limited to the rate of basic pay for Level II of the Executive Schedule, which is $14,975.10.

4. O-1, O-2, and O-3 rates do not apply to commissioned officers who have been credited with over 4 years (i.e., at least 4 years

and 1 day) of active duty service as an enlisted member or as a warrant officer or as both an enlisted member and a warrant

officer.

5. These rates or, when applicable, the O-1E rates in Table 1-8 apply during periods of active service while as a student of the

Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. Also see subparagraphs 010102.A.8.

6. For rank titles, see Comparable Grades.

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*Table 1-8. Monthly Rates of Basic Pay – Commissioned Officers Credited With Over 4 Years

of Active Duty Enlisted and/or Warrant Officer Service - Effective January 1, 2012

MONTHLY RATES OF BASIC PAY – COMMISSIONED OFFICERS CREDITED WITH OVER 4 YEARS

OF ACTIVE DUTY ENLISTED AND/OR WARRANT OFFICER SERVICE – EFFECTIVE

JANUARY 1, 2012 (NOTES 1 TO 3)

Cumulative Years of Service (note 2)

Pay

Grade

Over

4

Over

6

Over

8

Over

10

Over

12

Over

14

Over

16

Over

18

O-3E

5,031.00

5,271.90

5,536.50

5,707.80

5,988.90

6,226.20

6,362.40

6,548.10

O-2E

4,418.70

4,509.60

4,653.30

4,895.70

5,082.90

5,222.40

O-1E

(note 3)

3,558.60

3,800.10

3,940.80

4,084.50

4,225.50

4,418.70

NOTES:

1. Basic pay is limited to the rate of basic pay for Level V of the Executive Schedule, which is $12,141.60.

2. Creditable service to be taken into account for purposes of this table is active service as an enlisted member or

as a warrant officer or as both an enlisted member and a warrant officer, in the case of a commissioned officer

on active duty who is paid from funds appropriated for active-duty personnel; or a commissioned officer on

active Guard and Reserve duty. Effective November 24, 2003, creditable service to be taken into account for

purposes of this table in the case of a commissioned officer is service as an enlisted member or as a warrant

officer, or as both an enlisted member and a warrant officer, for which more than 1,460 points have been

credited to the officer for the purposes of title 10, U.S.C. section 12732(a)(2)

.

3. These rates do not apply to students of the USUHS who do not have over 4 years (i.e., at least 4 years and 1

day) of active duty service as an enlisted member or as a warrant officer or as both an enlisted member and a

warrant officer. See Table 1-7 for applicable rates. USUHS students with over 4 years of prior enlisted and/or

warrant officer service are entitled to the O-1E rate of basic pay in this table during such active duty periods.

Also see subparagraphs 010102.A.8.

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*Table 1-9. Monthly Rates of Basic Pay – Warrant Officers - Effective January 1, 2012

MONTHLY RATES OF BASIC PAY – WARRANT OFFICERS - EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012 (NOTE)

Cumulative Years of Service

Pay Grade (note 1)

2 or less

Over

2

Over

3

Over

4

Over

6

Over

8

Over

10

Over

12

Over

14

Over

16

Over

18

W-5

W-4

3,897.60

4,192.50

4,312.80

4,431.30

4,635.00

4,836.90

5,040.90

5,348.70

5,618.10

5,874.30

6,084.00

W-3

3,558.90

3,707.40

3,859.50

3,909.30

4,068.90

4,382.70

4,709.10

4,862.70

5,040.60

5,224.20

5,553.60

W-2

3,149.40

3,447.30

3,539.10

3,602.10

3,806.40

4,123.80

4,281.00

4,436.10

4,625.40

4,773.30

4,907.40

W-1

2,764.50

3,061.80

3,141.90

3,311.10

3,511.20

3,805.80

3,943.50

4,135.50

4,324.80

4,473.60

4,610.70

MONTHLY RATES OF BASIC PAY – continued

Cumulative Years of Service

Pay Grade

(note 1)

Over

20

Over

22

Over

24

Over

26

Over

28

Over

30

Over

32

Over

34

Over

36

Over

38

Over

40

W-5

6,930.00

7,281.60

7,543.50

7,833.30

8,225.40

8,636.40

9,068.70

W-4

6,288.60

6,589.20

6,836.10

7,117.80

7,260.00

W-3

5,776.20

5,909.40

6,051.00

6,243.30

W-2

5,067.60

5,173.20

5,256.90

W-1

4,776.90

NOTE:

Basic pay is limited to the rate of basic pay for Level V of the Executive Schedule which is $12,141.60.

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*Table 1-10. Monthly Rates of Basic Pay – Enlisted Members - Effective January 1, 2012

MONTHLY RATES OF BASIC PAY – ENLISTED MEMBERS – EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012

(NOTES 1 TO 5)

Cumulative Years of Service

Pay Grade

(note 1)

2 or less

Over

2

Over

3

Over

4

Over

6

Over

8

Over

10

Over

12

Over

14

Over

16

Over

18

E-9

4,708.80

4,815.60

4,950.00

5,108.10

5,267.70

E-8

3,854.70

4,025.10

4,130.70

4,257.30

4,394.40

4,641.60

E-7

2,679.60

2,924.70

3,036.60

3,185.10

3,300.90

3,499.80

3,611.70

3,810.90

3,976.20

4,089.00

4,209.30

E-6

2,317.80

2,550.30

2,662.80

2,772.30

2,886.30

3,143.10

3,243.30

3,436.80

3,496.20

3,539.40

3,589.80

E-5

2,123.40

2,265.90

2,375.40

2,487.60

2,662.20

2,845.20

2,994.60

3,012.90

E-4

1,946.70

2,046.30

2,157.30

2,266.50

2,363.10

E-3

1,757.40

1,868.10

1,981.20

E-2

1,671.30

E-1 (note 4)

1491.00

E-1 (note 5)

1,378.80

MONTHLY RATES OF BASIC PAY – continued

Cumulative Years of Service

Pay Grade

(note 1)

Over

20

Over

22

Over

24

Over

26

Over

28

Over

30

Over

32

Over

34

Over

36

Over

38

Over

40

E-9

5,523.60

5,739.60

5,967.30

6,315.30

6,630.60

6,962.40

7,311.00

E-8

4,766.70

4,980.00

5,098.20

5,389.50

5,497.80

E-7

4,256.10

4,412.40

4,496.40

4,815.90

E-6

3,589.80

E-5

3,012.90

E-4

2,363.10

E-3

1,981.20

E-2

1,671.30

E-1 (note 4)

1,491.00

E-1 (note 5)

NOTES:

1. For rank titles, see Comparable Grades.

2. Basic pay for senior enlisted member (grade E-9) is $7,609.50 regardless of years of service while serving as:

a. Sergeant Major of the Army or Marine Corps.

b. Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy or Coast Guard.

c. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.

d. Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

If a member is placed on terminal leave pending retirement immediately following the completion of service as the senior

enlisted member of a Military Department, then the member is entitled to the higher senior enlisted pay rate $7,609.50 up to

a maximum of 60 days. If a member is hospitalized, and during or immediately before such hospitalization, completed

service as the senior enlisted member of that Military Department’s Armed Force, then the member shall continue to be

entitled, for not more than 180 days while so hospitalized, to the rate of basic pay authorized for a senior enlisted member.

3. Basic pay is limited to the rate of basic pay for Level V of the Executive Schedule, which is $12,141.60.

4. Must have 4 months of active duty or more.

5. Must have under 4 months of active duty.

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Table 1-11. Authorized Absence - Effect on Pay and Allowances

AUTHORIZED ABSENCE – EFFECT ON PAY AND ALLOWANCES

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

D

When member is

absent from duty

and

then the member is

and the period of

absence is

1

on authorized leave

such leave is:

a. ordinary accrued

leave

b. emergency leave

c. reenlistment

leave

d. delay en route

entitled to otherwise proper credit of full

pay and allowances during the period of

absence

charged as leave.

2

in advance of that

accrued

charged against

leave as it accrues

(note 1).

3

such leave is:

a. graduation leave

b. sick or

convalescent leave

c. pass or liberty

d. proceed time

not chargeable

against leave.

4

at home on PCS

orders awaiting final

action on physical

evaluation board

proceedings

entitled to pay and allowances as

follows:

a. basic pay

b. special pay (if a health professional

officer)

c. BAS officers and enlisted (note 2)

d. BAH (note 3)

e. clothing maintenance allowance

chargeable to leave

to the extent

possible (note 4).

5

on excess leave

not entitled to pay and allowances except

BAH as provided in paragraph U10422-

C, chapter 10, JFTR (note 5)

not chargeable to

accrued leave

(note 6).

6

on authorized

educational leave of

absence not to

exceed 2 years

entitled to basic pay (member is not

entitled to BAH, BAS, or any other pay

and allowance to which member might

otherwise be entitled for period of leave

of absence)

not chargeable to

accrued leave.

7

on authorized rest

and recuperative

absence for not more

than 30 days for

extending duty under

sections 1401 to

1403

entitled to otherwise proper credit of full

pay and allowances during the period of

absence (note 7)

not chargeable to

accrued leave.

NOTES:

1. See subparagraph 010301.D. for collection requirements when advance leave is changed to excess leave.

2. Enlisted members are entitled to BAS at the rate shown in subparagraph 250103.B except for days of leave

specifically authorized by the PCS orders. Pay BAS at the rate shown in subparagraph 250103.C.1 for the PCS

order-authorized leave period.

3. Members without dependents are entitled to BAH as prescribed in Table 1-5, rules 20 and 21.

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4. A negative leave balance which existed prior to the member being ordered home continues until separation or

retirement and will be collected as excess leave

.

5. A member separating effective Mar 1 whose separation leave period through February 28 (or through February

29 during leap year) results in excess leave is not entitled to pay and allowances for February 29 and 30 (or for

February 30 during leap year). These days are not considered days of excess leave; however, the member is

considered to be in a nonpay status through February 30. See subparagraph 010202.B.

6. Under DoDI 1327.06

, “Leave and Liberty Policy and Procedures”, a member does not accrue leave during

periods of excess leave (here referred to as “nonaccrual”). Computation of the number of days involved in an

excess leave balance which accounts for this nonaccrual may result in a total which includes a fraction.

Effective with leave taken on or after Feb 1, 1987, the total is not rounded to eliminate the fraction when pay

and allowances are collected for excess leave. The fractional one-half day is considered to occur on the first

day of the excess leave involved. Collect pay and allowances for the number of days, to include fractional days,

according to subparagraph 010301.D. or 010301.E.

7. Member is not entitled to special pay under section 1402.

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Table 1-12. Unauthorized Absence and Other Lost Time - Effect on Pay and Allowances

UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE AND OTHER LOST TIME — EFFECT ON PAY AND

ALLOWANCES

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

When member is absent

from duty

and

then the member

1

without authority (AWOL)

or over leave, delays en

route, pass or liberty

the absence is excused as unavoidable

is entitled to otherwise proper credits

of pay and allowances (note 1).

2

the absence is not excused as unavoidable

is not entitled to pay and allowances

(note 2).

3

for more than 24

consecutive hours as a

result of a disease

the disease is caused by and immediately

follows intemperate use of alcoholic

liquors or habit-forming drugs

is entitled to allowances but not to

basic pay, special, or incentive pay

(note 3).

4

in confinement by civil

authorities

is being detained as a witness before a

civil court

is entitled to otherwise proper credits

of pay and allowances.

5

the absence is excused as unavoidable

(see Table 1-13)

6

the absence is not excused as unavoidable

(see Table 1-13)

is not entitled to pay and allowances,

except for that part of the period that is

covered by authorized leave, liberty,

or pass (note 4).

7

in confinement by military

authorities for a foreign

civil offense

is not considered “constructively absent”

from duty (note 5)

is entitled to otherwise proper credits

of pay and allowances.

8

is considered “constructively absent”

from duty (note 6)

is not entitled to pay and allowances

except for that part of the period that is

covered by authorized leave, unless

the absence is excused as unavoidable

(see Table 1-13).

9

in military confinement

(other than for civil

authorities)

is awaiting trial by court-martial or

serving a sentence of confinement which

did not include a forfeiture of pay

is entitled to otherwise proper credits

of pay and allowances.

10

is serving a court-martial sentence which

includes a forfeiture of pay and

allowances

is entitled to pay and allowances

accruing before the date the sentence

was approved by the convening

authority and to any unforfeited pay

and allowances accruing after that

date.

11

as a deserter

is found guilty of deserting by court-

martial or is administratively discharged

for desertion or dies prior to return to

military control or while awaiting trial by

court-martial for the charge of desertion

forfeits all pay and allowances

including that due on the first day of

desertion (note 7).

12

without authority for

3 months while serving as

an Army or Air Force

officer

is dropped from the rolls by the President

forfeits all pay and allowances due or

to become due (note 7).

NOTES:

1. Enlisted members are entitled to BAS at the rate prescribed when permission to ration separately is granted

unless they were subsisted at government expense.

2. See JFTR

, Volume I, Chapter 10, for entitlement to basic allowance for housing in a non-pay status. See

Chapter 10 for entitlement to hostile fire/imminent danger pay which is payable in full for each month in which

qualification is made.

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(Continued)

3. A member is not entitled to pay or allowances for period of hospitalization after expiration of enlistment.

4. A member is not entitled to pay and allowances if granted a pass or liberty to serve civil confinement.

5. In any case where the commander of the military installation retains the discretionary authority to decide to

incarcerate a member (or to merely restrict to the duty station and assign to perform useful and productive duties

on a full-time basis), such member will not be considered as being “constructively absent” for the purposes of

entitlement to pay and allowances.

6. Under existing DoD policy and Status of Forces Agreements, the United States Commander always retains

discretionary authority to incarcerate or restrict a Military Service member to the installation when such a

member is pending civil charges, even in cases where incarceration or restriction is requested by foreign

authorities. Such member is not considered as being “constructively absent” for the purpose of entitlement to

pay and allowances.

7 Pay and allowances due on date of desertion and on date an officer was dropped from the rolls will be used to

satisfy debts due the United States and its instrumentalities.

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Table 1-13. Rules for Determining Whether Absence Is Unavoidable

RULES FOR DETERMINING WHETHER ABSENCE IS UNAVOIDABLE

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

D

When member

is absent from

duty

and

then absence

may

1

in confinement by

civil authorities

or by military

authorities for

civil authorities

is tried and acquitted

be excused as

unavoidable.

2

charges are dismissed or member is

released (or dies) without trial

it is clear that arrest and

detention were not due to

member's misconduct

3

is released without trial upon agreement to

make restitution or reparation for the

alleged offense

the commander determines

that absence was not due

to member's misconduct

4

is admitted to bail and trial is postponed

indefinitely

it is apparent that the case

will not be prosecuted

5

was released because the case was

discontinued by the prosecutor or plaintiff

or because the jury failed to agree

6

is tried and convicted

not be excused as

unavoidable.

7

is released under bond (not in a full-duty

status) pending appeal of the case to a

higher court

the appeal does not result

in acquittal

8

is discharged because of imprisonment or

conviction by a civil court

9

confinement is due to failure to obey a

decree of a civil court

10

in confinement by

civil authorities

is tried and found not guilty by reason of

insanity

is transferred to a state

mental institution

be excused as

unavoidable.

11

without authority

(AWOL) or over

leave

the absence could not have been avoided

by the member or by military authorities

the absence was not due to

member’s misconduct

be excused as

unavoidable.

12

over pass or

liberty

the absence could not have been avoided

by the member or by military authorities

the absence was not due to

member’s misconduct

be excused as

unavoidable.

13

the absence could have been prevented by

member or by military authorities

not be excused as

unavoidable.

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Table 1-14. Computing Periods of Unauthorized Absence

COMPUTING PERIODS OF UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

D

E

When a member

and

he/she is

in the

and the hour of

expiration of leave,

pass, or liberty, or

authorized travel

and the member

then

1

leaves the post of

duty, place of service,

or organization

without authority

Army, Air

Force,

Navy or

Marine

Corps

remains absent more

than 24 consecutive

hours

the day of departure

will be counted as the

first day of

unauthorized absence.

2

fails to report to the

organization or post of

duty on the last day of

authorized leave, pass,

or liberty, or

authorized travel time

Navy, or

Marine

Corps

is before 2400 hours as

specified in leave orders

does not report on or

before the specified

hour of the following

day

the last day of leave,

pass, or liberty, or

authorized travel time

is the first day of

unauthorized absence.

3

is 2400 hours as

specified in leave orders

the day following the

last day of leave,

pass, or liberty, or

authorized travel time

is the first day of

unauthorized absence.

4

fails to report to the

organization or post

of duty on the last

day of authorized

leave, pass, or liberty

is not specified in leave

orders

does not report

before normal duty

hours of the

following day (note)

the day following the

last day of leave,

pass, or liberty is the

first day of

unauthorized absence.

5

Army or

Air Force

6

fails to report to the

organization or post

of duty by 2400

hours on the last day

of authorized travel

time

Army, Air

Force,

Navy, or

Marine

Corps

is not specified in orders

the day following the

last day of authorized

travel time is the first

day of unauthorized

absence.

7

is AWOL

returns to the place

of duty, or

organization, or

otherwise to the

jurisdiction of the

Armed Forces

the day before the

member’s return is

the last day of

unauthorized absence.

NOTE:

The unauthorized absence begins at the normal duty hour. No unauthorized absence exists unless the member

remains absent for more than 24 hours after the beginning of the normal duty hour.

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Table 1-15. Void, Voidable, or Rejected Enlistments or Inductions – Pay and Allowances

VOID, VOIDABLE, OR REJECTED ENLISTMENTS OR INDUCTIONS — PAY AND ALLOWANCES

R

U

L

E

A

B

C

When an individual

and

then pay and allowances

1

is under investigation for a fraudulent

enlistment or induction

will continue to be paid until

a determination of fraud is

made.

2

is determined to be serving under a fraudulent

enlistment or induction; or enlists in the Army

or Air Force before 17 (male) or 18 (female),

and the government discovers the defect after

the member reaches minimum age; or enlists

in the Army or Air Force while 17 (male), 18,

19, or 20 (female), without parent’s or

guardian’s consent

the government neither voids

the enlistment or induction

nor waives the fraud (or

defect)

are suspended (including

unpaid pay and allowances)

from the date the disbursing

officer is notified of the

determination of fraud until

the government either voids

the enlistment or induction,

or allows it to stand.

3

the government voids the

enlistment or induction

will not be paid (note 1).

4

the government waives the

fraud (or defect)

continue and the service is as

valid as that of any other

member.

5

enlists in the Army or Air Force before

17 (male) or 18 (female), and the government

discovers the defect before the member

reaches minimum age

do not accrue between date

of notification to disbursing

officer and date of discharge

(note 1).

6

enlists in the Army or Air Force while

17 (male) or while 18, 19, 20 (female),

without parent’s or guardian’s consent

is discharged upon

application of parent or

guardian

accrue to include the date of

discharge or release.

7

enlists in the Navy or Marine Corps while

under the minimum statutory age (17) (male),

or while under the minimum statutory age

(18) or administrative age (21) (female)

8

was judicially declared to have been mentally

incompetent before entry on active duty

is released from military

control for such reason

do not accrue for any part of

the period involved (note 2).

9

was not judicially declared to be mentally

incompetent before entry on active duty but is

later found to have been mentally incompetent

at the time of entry on active duty

accrue from the time of entry

on active duty until release

from military control.

10

enlisted or inducted into the Military Service

is discovered by Military Service medical

authorities to have been medically unfit for

induction at the time of entrance into the

Military Service

accrue from the time of entry

on active duty through the

date of release from military

control.

NOTES:

1. Individual retains amounts received before disbursing officer is notified, if otherwise proper.

2. Individual retains amounts received while performing active duty before release from military control.

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CHAPTER 1 – BASIC PAY

0101 – CREDITABLE SERVICE

010101 – Service Which is Creditable

37 U.S.C. 205

27 Comp Gen 530

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62 Stat 1082

10 U.S.C. 507

37 Comp Gen 838

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Public Law 101-189, section 501,

November 29, 1989

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September 23, 1996

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010102 – Service Not Creditable

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37 Comp Gen 237

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1 Comp Gen 668

3 Comp Gen 61

22 Comp Gen 987

25 Comp Gen 718

37 U.S.C. 205(b)(d)(e)

45 Comp Gen 103

22 Comp Gen 907

23 Comp Gen 755

10 U.S.C. 2126

10 U.S.C. 2114(b)

38 Comp Gen 553

38 Comp Gen 352

010102.A.6 37 U.S.C. 205(d)

45 Comp Gen 103

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010102.A10 10 U.S.C. 513

10 U.S.C. 12103(b),(d)

37 U.S.C. 205(e)

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010102.B. 10 U.S.C. 972(b), as amended by Public

Law 104-106, section 561, February 10, 1996,

110 Stat. 321; 322

37 U.S.C. 205(a)

38 Comp Gen 352

38 Comp Gen 553

010103 – Active Enlisted and/or Warrant Officer Service for Members in Basic

Pay Grades O-1E, O-2E, or O-3E

37 U.S.C. 203(d)

38 Comp Gen 68

010103.A.1 10 U.S.C. 2114(b)

010103.A.2 37 U.S.C. 203(d)

010103.A.3 Public Law 96-343, September 8, 1980

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010103.A.4 Public Law 98-94, September 24, 1983

010103.A.5 37 U.S.C. 203(d), as amended by Public Law

107-107, section 602, December 28, 2001

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010104 – Computations of Creditable Service

5 U.S.C. 5505

38 Comp Gen 824

37 Comp Gen 455

MPAC Action 1001, February 23, 1966

010104.A. 5 U.S.C. 5505

38 Comp Gen 824

37 Comp Gen 455

MPAC Action 1001, February 23, 1966

010104.A.1 10 U.S.C. 513

10 U.S.C. 12103(b), (d)

37 U.S.C. 205(e)

010104.B. 5 U.S.C. 5505

38 Comp Gen 824

37 Comp Gen 455

MPAC Action 1001, February 23, 1966

0102 – COMPUTATION OF PAY

010201 – Basic Pay Entitlement

010201.B.1 5 U.S.C. 5536

5 U.S.C. 5534a

3 Comp Gen 40

17 Comp Gen 1049

18 Comp Gen 213

46 Comp Gen 400

52 Comp Gen 471

MS Comp Gen B-214919, March 22, 1985

010201.B.1.b 22 U.S.C. 2385(d)

010201.B.2 10 U.S.C. 973

5 U.S.C. 5534a

010201.C.1 21 Comp Gen 819

010201.C.2 10 U.S.C. 3394, 5792, 8394, 8312, 8451

010201.D. 10 U.S.C. 12316

010201.E. 10 U.S.C. 1523

37 U.S.C. 552(a)

010202 – Computing Monthly Pay

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010202.A.1 5 U.S.C. 5505

13 Comp Dec 75

4 Comp Gen 757

20 Comp Dec 165

45 Comp Gen 395

54 Comp Gen 952

5 Comp Gen 935

10 Comp Gen 11

010202.A.2 37 U.S.C. 1004

46 Comp Gen 100

54 Comp Gen 952

62 Comp Gen 266

010202.B. 5 U.S.C. 5505

37 U.S.C. 503

010202.B.1 5 U.S.C. 5505

010202.C. 5 U.S.C. 5505

010203 – Saved Pay

010203.A.1 37 U.S.C. 907

010203.A.2 MS Comp Gen B-232042, July 7, 1989

010203.A.3 Public Law 110-181, section 524, Jan 28, 2008

010203.A.4 45 Comp Gen 763

010203.A.4 46 Comp Gen 57

010203.A.4.b 46 Comp Gen 804

010203.A.4.g Public Law 106-173, section 686(a),

January 6, 2006

010203.A.4.g.(11) Public Law 110-181, section 661,

January 28, 2008

010203.A.4.i 46 Comp Gen 57

010203.A.4.j Public Law 106-173, section 686(b),

January 6, 2006

010203.A.5 61 Comp Gen 296

010204 – Increased Basic Pay During Period of Service Essential to Public Interests

010204.A. 10 U.S.C. 5540

010205 – Allowable Travel Time for Reserve Members Called To or Released

From Active Duty

010205.A. EO 12683, July 21, 1989

37 U.S.C. 204(b)

MS Comp Gen B-146551, December 13, 1961

010205.A.2 37 U.S.C. 204(e)

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010205.B.1 37 U.S.C. 204(b)

EO 12683, July 21, 1989

010205.B.2 48 Comp Gen 78

0103 – ABSENCE FROM DUTY, EFFECT ON PAY AND ALLOWANCES

010301 – Authorized Leave

010301.A. 10 U.S.C. 701(a)

010301.C.2.i MS Comp Gen B-181710, April 2, 1975

010301.D.1 37 U.S.C. 502(b)

010301.D.2 10 U.S.C. 701

Public Law 99-661, section 506,

November 14, 1986

010301.D.3 60 Comp Gen 51

010301.E. 50 U.S.C. App 2205

Public Law 93-64, July 9, 1973

010301.F. Public Law 97-81, November 20, 1981

010301.F.2 MS Comp Gen B-213883, May 30, 1984

010301.F.2.a 55 Comp Gen 507

010302 – Unauthorized Absence and Other Lost Time

010302.B.1 50 U.S.C. App 2205

MS Comp Gen B-147334, November 6, 1961

010302.B.3 9 Comp Dec 517, 518

010302.B.5 10 U.S.C. 2772

010302.D.1 MS Comp Gen B-169366, April 8, 1970

010302.D.2 52 Comp Gen 317

010302.D.3 MS Comp Gen B-194949, November 7, 1979

010302.E.1 14 Comp Gen 710

010302.E.2.a Op JAGA, September 27, 1934

010302.F.1.a MS Comp Gen B-169366, April 8, 1970

010302.G.1 54 Comp Gen 862

010302.G.2 9 Comp Gen 323

MS Comp Gen B-23804, February 21, 1942

MS Comp Gen B-113109, January 30, 1953

9 Bul JAG 50

54 Comp Gen 862

010302.G.3 MS Comp Gen B-131446, June 26, 1957

010302.G.4 30 Comp Gen 449

010302.G.5 11 Comp Gen 342

54 Comp Gen 862

010302.G.6 37 Comp Gen 488

47 Comp Gen 487

010302.G.8 37 Comp Gen 380

9 Comp Gen 323

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3 Comp Dec 676

010302.G.9 33 Comp Gen 195

010302.G.10 59 Comp Gen 12

010302.H. MS Comp Gen B-171865, March 25, 1971

0104 – PAYMENT IN CASES OF VOID, VOIDABLE, OR REJECTED ENLISTMENTS

OR INDUCTIONS

010401 – Voidability of Contract

12 Comp Dec 445

3 Comp Gen 61

9 Comp Gen 26

54 Comp Gen 291

010404 – Disbursing Officer Entitled to Credit

11 Comp Dec 710

47 Comp Gen 671

010405 – Failure to Discover Physical Condition of Enlistee or Inductee

48 Comp Gen 377

Table 1-1

Rule 1 10 U.S.C. 971(b)

30 Comp Gen 228

Rule 2 10 U.S.C. 516, 971(a)

Rule 3 40 Comp Gen 473

Rules 4 and 5 32 Comp Gen 548

Rule 6 41 Comp Gen 578

Table 1-2

Rule 1 55 Comp Gen 1244

Rule 2, 3, 5, 10 U.S.C. 972

6, 8, and 9

Note 2 38 Comp Gen 553

Table 1-3

Rule 5 37 U.S.C. 204(f)

Rule 8 37 U.S.C. 204(b)

Rule 9 MS Comp Gen B-181762, July 18, 1975

19 Comp Gen 282

Rule 10 37 U.S.C. 204(c)

Rule 11 43 Comp Gen 293

Table 1-4

Rule 1 10 U.S.C. 601(a)

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Rule 2 37 U.S.C. 905(a)

Rule 3 37 U.S.C. 905(b)

Rule 4 37 U.S.C. 1010

Rules 5 & 6 10 U.S.C. 3380, 8380

Rule 11 MS Comp Gen B-208043, January 18, 1983

Rule 12 10 U.S.C. 1552(a)(2) as amended by Public

Law 102-484, section 1052(19)

Rule 13 36 Comp Gen 137

Note 1 10 U.S.C. 601(b)

Note 2 MS Comp Gen B-143510, September 29, 1960

42 Comp Gen 445

Note 3 MS Comp Gen B-107486, November 15, 1966

Note 5 10 U.S.C. 1552(a)(2) as amended by Public

Law 102-484, section 1052(19)

Table 1-5

Rule 5 61 Stat 795

Rule 16 37 Comp Gen 228

Rule 19 10 U.S.C. 507

Rule 25 49 Comp Gen 429

Note 1 27 Comp Dec 13

Note 6 55 Comp Gen 109

Note 7 49 Comp Gen 800

Table 1-6 EO 10153, August 17, 1950, amended by

EO 10649, December 28, 1955

EO 12683, July 12, 1989

MS Comp Gen B-146551, December 13, 1961

Note 4 41 Comp Gen 56

Table 1-7

through 1-10 37 U.S.C. 203

37 U.S.C. 1009

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Table 1-7

* Note 2 & 3 Executive Order 13594, December 19, 2011

Note 5 37 U.S.C. 203(c)

* Note 6 Executive Order 13594, December 19, 2011

Table 1-8 37 U.S.C. 203(d)

* Note 1 Executive Order 13594, December 19, 2011

Table 1-9

* Note Executive Order 13594, December 19, 2011

Table 1-10

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Note 2 37 U.S.C. 210

* Note 3 Executive Order 13594, December 19, 2011

Table 1-11

Rule 4 32 Comp Gen 348

Rule 6 10 U.S.C. 708

Rule 7 10 U.S.C. 705

Note 1 37 U.S.C. 402

Note 2 10 U.S.C. 703

Note 7 5 Comp Gen 935

Table 1-12

Rules 1 & 2 40 Comp Gen 366

Rule 3 37 U.S.C. 802

Rules 5 & 6 8 Comp Gen 80

36 Comp Gen 173

Rules 7 & 8 36 Comp Gen 173

45 Comp Gen 766

MS Comp Gen B-169366, April 8, 1970

55 Comp Gen 186

Rule 11 US v. Landers, 92 US 77

Rule 12 37 U.S.C. 803

Note 1 37 U.S.C. 402

Note 2 19 Comp Gen 288, 290

Note 3 US v Landers, 92 US 77

Notes 4 & 5 55 Comp Gen 186

Note 5 MS Comp Gen B-191301, May 17, 1978

Table 1-13

Rule 2 7 Comp Gen 496

Rule 3 39 Comp Gen 781

Rule 4 10 Comp Dec 490

Rule 5 Op JAG, 18 Mar 1909

Rule 7 11 Comp Dec 755

Rule 8 14 Comp Dec 116

Rule 9 Op JAG, 15 Apr 1916

Rule 10 MS Comp Gen B-194949, November 7, 1979

Rules 11 through 13 40 Comp Gen 366

Table 1-15

Rule 1 31 Comp Gen 562

Rules 2 through 4 31 Comp Gen 562

11 Comp Dec 710

9 Comp Gen 26

39 Comp Gen 860

10 U.S.C. 505

47 Comp Gen 671

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54 Comp Gen 291

55 Comp Gen 1421

Rule 5 39 Comp Gen 860

Rule 6 39 Comp Gen 860

10 U.S.C. 505

Rule 7 10 U.S.C. 505

10 U.S.C. 6292

Rule 8 39 Comp Gen 742

Rule 9 39 Comp Gen 742

Rule 10 48 Comp Gen 377