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TO MARADMIN
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UNCLAS //N07220//
MARADMIN 188/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC RFL-F10//
SUBJ/MCBUL 7220. STANDARD/FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR WESTPAC
/DEPLOYED UNITS//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/11FEB91/-/NOTAL//
AMPN/THE REF IS MCO 7220.39C STANDARD FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCE
FOR WESTPAC DEPLOYED UNITS.//
RMKS/1. REF A REQUIRES THAT STANDARD/FLAT RATE PER DIEM ALLOWANCES
FOR WESTPAC DEPLOYED UNITS BE VALIDATED/RECOMPUTED SEMIANNUALLY.
2. THE STANDARD/FLAT RATE PER DIEM IS A STREAMLINED WAY TO PAY
MARINES ON DEPLOYMENT. IT APPROXIMATES THE AMOUNT OF PER DIEM
MARINES WOULD OTHERWISE RATE BUT WITHOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS
OF FILING/SETTLING TRAVEL CLAIMS AND STARTING THE PER DIEM EACH TIME
A MARINE GOES FROM FIELD TO GARRISON DUTY. THE KEY FACTOR IN
DETERMINING THE PER DIEM RATE IS THE NUMBER OF DAYS A TYPICAL
DEPLOYMENT SPENDS IN GARRISON COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS SPENT IN
THE FIELD.
3. BASED ON THE MOST RECENT ANALYSIS, THE RATES EFFECTIVE 1 MAY 2001
INCREASED BY THE FOLLOWING DOLLAR AMOUNTS. THE ENLISTED GROUND UNITS
INCREASED BY US DOLLARS 0.05 PER DAY. THE OFFICER GROUND UNIT
INCREASED BY US DOLLARS 1.05 PER DAY. THE OFFICER AVN OKINAWA RATE
INCREASED BY US DOLLARS 0.75 PER DAY. THE ENLISTED AVN OKINAWA AND
IWAKUNI RATE INCREASED BY US DOLLARS 0.05 PER DAY. THE OFFICER AVN
IWAKUNI INCREASED BY US DOLLARS 0.75 PER DAY. EFFECTIVE 1 MAY 2001,
THE NEW RATES ARE:
OFFICER ENLISTED
GROUND 22.70 2.60
AVN (OKI) 28.65 3.15
AVN (IWA) 28.40 3.15
4. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
5. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELLED 31 OCTOBER 2001.//
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