Imminent Danger Pay Criteria Changed

Beginning June 1, service members who serve in several areas no longer will be eligible to collect imminent danger pay. Included are land areas of East Timor, Haiti, Liberia, Oman, Rwanda, Tajikistan, the United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. The land areas and airspace above Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro are included, as are the water areas in the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, and Red Sea, and the water and air space above the Persian Gulf. Those serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Jordan, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen and Egypt will continue to qualify for imminent danger pay. The new guidelines likely will affect 50,000 service members. Those eligible to collect imminent danger pay receive as much as $7.50 per day, with a monthly maximum of $225.