The Army Is Giving All Soldiers a $240 Special Pay While Deployed

Soldiers will now see $240 per month in a new special duty pay when they are on deployments, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth announced Monday. Soldiers on an “operational” deployment for more than 60 days will be eligible for a flat $240 additional pay, regardless of rank. Eligibility is retroactive to Oct. 1, Wurmoth said.

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The new bonus will be classified under Army pay rules as an Assignment and Special Duty Pay. That means it will be in addition to long-established hazardous duty pay for assignments in or near combat. Other forms of hazard pay have included hostile fire pay in a combat operation or imminent danger pay for deployments to non-active war zones but are still in the vicinity of terrorism, civil war, or “wartime conditions in a foreign area,” said Kate Kuzminski, deputy director of studies and director, military, veterans, and society program at the Washington D.C.-based think tank, Center for a New American Security. There are also a range of hazardous duty incentives for training scenarios like flying duty, parachute duty, demolition duty, and diving duty.

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