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 **Duration of Authority** The following table has the duration of authority dates for various entitlements.  For those entitlements requiring a written agreement, no agreement may be entered into after the specified ending date, unless authorized by Congress.  Other entitlements are authorized through the applicable end date.  See theDoD FMR Volume 7A Chapters for additional entitlement information. Duration of Authority
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   **END DATE**Chapter 3: Special Pay – Officers Only
   Accession Bonus
   **December 31, 2024**Nuclear Power Accession BonusNuclear Officer Continuation Bonus (COBO)Reserve Component Affiliation BonusRetention BonusTransfer BonusChapter 5: Health Professions Officer (HPO) Special and Incentive Pay
   Accession BonusCritically Short Wartime Skills Accession BonusBoard Certification PayIncentive PayRetention BonusChapter 8: Special Pay - Special Duty Assignment Pay
   Special Duty Assignment PayChapter 9: Active Duty Enlisted Members Enlistment, Reenlistment, and Retention Bonuses
   Critical Skill Retention BonusEnlistment BonusConversion BonusPrior Service Reenlistment BonusSelective Retention BonusTransfer Between Components Of A Military Service BonusTransfer Between Military Services BonusVoluntary Extension Retention Bonus
   **September 30, 2021**Chapter 10: Special Pay - Duty Subject to Hostile Fire or Imminent Danger
   Hostile Fire Pay
   **December 31, 2024**Imminent Danger PayChapter 11 Special Pay-Diving Duty
   Diving Duty Hazardous Duty Incentive PayMaster Diver Skill Incentive PayChapter 15: Special Pay – Assignment Incentive Pay (AIP)
   Army – 14th Missile Defense Battery
   September 30, 2021Army – Drill Sergeant and Advance Individual Training Platoon SergeantArmy – **Computer Network Operations** (Intelligence and Security Command)
   **September 30, 2024****Army – Cyber Command**Army – **Drill Sergeant (Tour Extension) Effective January 12, 2024**Army – Department of the Army Select Recruiter Tour Extension (DASR)Army - Detachment Alpha Joint Defense Facility Pine Gap, Alice Springs, AustraliaArmy – Joint Special Operations CommandArmy – Korea AIPArmy – National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA**Army- National Training Center**Army – Operational Deployments (USAREUR) **&**(USARPAC)Army – Recruiting Duty Volunteer ProgramArmy - Remote and Austere ConditionsArmy – Security Force Assistance BrigadeArmy – Special Operations CommandNavy - Consult the ***MyNavy HR*** website for a list of US Navy AIPs**Air Force – 306 Fighter Squadron Atlantic City, NJ****Effective December 22, 2023**
   **December 31, 2024**Air Force – 315 Fighter Squadron (FS) Burlington, VT
   **February 29, 2024**Air Force – 367 FS Homestead ARB, FLAir Force – 378 FS Truax Field, Madison, WI
   **December 31, 2024****Air Force – 491st ATKS Hancock Field ANGB NY and 492nd ATKS March ARB, CA**
   **December 31, 2026**Air Force – 724th Special Tactics Group 25
   December 31, 2025Air Force – Alice Spring, Australia
   **December 31, 2025**Air Force - Extended Training Service Specialists
   **August 31, 2025**Air Force – Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Field Operations
   December 31, 2024Air Force – Kingsley Field, OR
   December 31, 2024Air Force – Korea AIP
   **December 31, 2026**Air Force – Turkey AIP
   **December 31, 2025**Air Force – Special Operations Command
   December 31, 2024Space Force – Cavalier SFS, ND
   **December 31, 2025**Marine Corps - Consult with Headquarters Marine Corps Manpower and Reserve Affairs for a list of ***USMC AIPs***.
   **December 31, 2024**Chapter 17: Special Pay – Hardship Duty
   Hardship Duty Pay – LocationHardship Duty Pay – MissionHardship Duty Pay – Restriction of MovementArmy – Hardship Duty Pay – TempoNavy – Hardship Duty Pay – Tempo
   October 1, 2028Chapter 18: Special Pay – Career Sea Pay
   Career Sea Pay
   **December 31, 2024**Career Sea Pay - PremiumChapter 19: Foreign Language Proficiency Bonus
   Foreign Language Proficiency BonusChapter 20: Aviation Bonus (AvB)
   Aviation Bonus (AvB)Chapter 22: Aviation Incentive Pays
   Hazardous Duty Incentive PayAviation Incentive Pay for Aviators in Operational Flying Duty (OFD) or Proficiency Flying Duty (PFD) PositionsAviation Incentive Pay for Aviators NOT in Operational Flying Duty (OFD) or Proficiency Flying Duty (PFD) PositionsCritical Skill Incentive PayChapter 23: Submarine Duty Pay
   Submarine Duty PayContinuous Submarine Duty PayChapter 24: Incentive Pay-Hazardous Duty Other Than Aerial Fights
   Parachute DutyFlight Deck DutyDemotion DutyExperimental Stress DutyToxic Fuel (or Propellants)DutyToxic Pesticides DutyDangerous Viruses (or Bacteria) Lab DutyChemical Munitions DutyMaritime Visit, Board, Search, Seizure (VBSS) DutyPolar Regions Flight Operations DutyWeapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support (WMDCS) Team**Special Warfare Skill Incentive Pay (SWSIP)****Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Skill Incentive Pay (SKIP)**Chapter 25:  Subsistence Allowances
   Basic Needs Allowance
   December 31, 2027Chapter 26: Housing Allowances
   Temporary Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) Increase
   December 31, 2024**Assigned a Unit that Undergoes a Home Port or Permanent Station Change**
   **December 31, 2027**Chapter 55: Reserve Income Replacement Program
   Reserve Income Replacement Program
   December 31, 2024Chapter 56: Ready Reserve (RR) Accession, Affiliation, Enlistment, And Retention Bonuses
   Enlistment BonusEnlisted Affiliation BonusPrior Service Enlistment BonusMilitary Occupational Specialty (MOS) Conversion BonusOfficer Accession and Affiliation BonusSelective Retention BonusTransfer Between Components Of A Military Service BonusTransfer Between Military Services BonusChapter 59: Payment to Members of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corp (SROTC)
   SROTC Skill Proficiency BonusChapter 61:  Bonus Program for the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) and Inactive National Guard (ING)
   Affiliation or Enlistment BonusReenlistment BonusTransfer Between Components Of A Military Service BonusTransfer Between Military Services BonusChapter 63: Accession and Continuation Bonuses for Nurse Officer Candidates
   Accession Bonus **Bolded portions represent updates** **Page updated April 3, 2024**
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