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Deployment Military Pay Information - OEF / OIF Deployment Pay

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Military Pay Calculator - Online interactive calculator showing basic pay, incentive pay, special duty pays, and retirement.

Military Pay Tables - official website

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How to Read your LES - DFAS website (.PDF file)

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My Pay - DFAS website
My Pay allows you to manage your pay information, leave earnings statements, W-2, and more.

Deployments

Deployment Military Pay Information - OEF / OIF Deployment Entitlements
Read about all of your monetary entitlements when serving in a combat zone - including Family Separation, Hostile Fire Pay, etc.

Combat Zone Tax Exclusion (CZTE) - IRS website
If you serve in a combat zone as an enlisted person or as a warrant officer (including commissioned warrant officers) for any part of a month, all your military pay received for military service that month is excluded from gross income. For commissioned officers, the monthly exclusion is capped at the highest enlisted pay, plus any hostile fire or imminent danger pay received.

Hostile Fire Pay / Tax Free Exclusion Zone- read the official regulation
A member of a uniformed service may be paid special pay at the rate of $225 per month and federal taxes exempt for serving in certain congressionally delegated war zones.  More info - IRS FAQ page

Savings Deposit Program - DFAS website
This is different than the Thrift Savings Plan.  The SDP allows a service member that is deployed to the combat zone for more than 30 days to deposit up to $10,000 into the Savings Deposit Program.  The money deposited will gain 10% interest, compounded quarterly.  You can deposit by cash, check, money order, etc. -- all done at your deployed location.  90 Days later, your money is withdrawn with 10% interest earned!

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

PCS Tips and Advice - Military PCS Advice offers tips and advice on how to prepare for your movers.  Also, check out our PCS Lessons Learned, a compilation of lessons learned by our users from their many PCS moves.

Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) Rates - official website
BAH is based on geographic duty location, pay grade, and dependency status. The intent of BAH is to provide uniformed service members accurate and equitable housing compensation based on housing costs in local civilian housing markets, and is payable when government quarters are not provided.  More info - BAH FAQs.

Dislocation Allowance (DLA) - official website
The purpose of DLA is to partially reimburse a member, with or without dependents, for the expenses incurred in relocating the member's household on a PCS, housing moves ordered for the Government's convenience, or incident to an evacuation. This allowance is in addition to all other allowances authorized in this Volume and may be paid in advance.  More info - DLA FAQs.

Do It Yourself Move (DITY) - Online Calculator - Helpful to all those people deciding whether or not it was profitable to do a DITY move.

Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) - official website

Temporary Lodging Allowance (TLA) Overseas/OCONUS - official website

Temporary Lodging Expense (TLE) within the CONUS - official website

Overseas Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) Rates - official website
The Cost-of Living Allowance, or COLA is an allowance paid to service members stationed in high-cost areas overseas (including Alaska and Hawaii). COLA helps maintain purchasing power so you can purchase about the same goods and services overseas as in the United States.  More info - COLA FAQs.

Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA) Rates - official website

DOD Installation Information - Worldwide relocation information on major military and associate installations for use by Service men and women and their families during permanent change of station moves.

• Major Military and Associated Installations Information
• Air Force Crossroads
  

Permanent Change of Station/Relocation Allowances:

• DoD Civilians and Uniformed Members PCS FAQs
• Customer Guide to Relocation Policy for DoD Civilian Employees
• Relocation Services (Civilian Employees)
• Pet Quarantine Fee Reimbursement
• POV Shipment from Outside United States

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Travel Pay

What can I claim on my Travel Voucher? Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Fees Government Meal Rate Laundry/Dry-Cleaning Reimbursement Laundry/Dry-Cleaning Reimbursement Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) Local Travel in/around PDS/TDY Area Lodging Taxes Long Distance Phone Calls Personal Vehicle (POV) Mileage Rates Premium Class Travel

Travel Pay FAQ Links

• Car Rentals Program
• Conference Lodging Allowance
• Currency Conversion
• Dual Allowances
• Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)
• Mass Transit Subsidy Program
• Mileage Rates - PCS or MALT Mileage Rates vs TDY Mileage Rates
• Per Diem Meal Breakdown
• Per Diem - FIRST AND LAST DAYS OF TRAVEL
• Proportional Meal Rate
• Tax exemption
• TDY Lodging At/Below Per Diem?

Joint Federal Travel Regulation (JFTR) - read / download the regulation

Perdiem Rates - official website
Find out how much you will be paid for your TDY or deployment.