Hostile Fire and Imminent Danger Pay are payable for duty performed in an area designated as hazardous. You can't get Hostile Fire and Imminent Danger Pay at the same time. The monthly rate is $225 for any time when:
- Subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines;
- On duty in an area in which he was in imminent danger of being exposed to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines and in which, during the period he was on duty in that area, other members of the uniformed services were subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines;
- Killed, injured, or wounded by hostile fire, explosion of a hostile mine, or any other hostile action; or
- On duty in a foreign area in which he was subject to the threat of physical harm or imminent danger on the basis of civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism, or wartime conditions.
Hostile Fire and Imminent Danger pay are prorated for partial months.
Locations
| Area | Begin Date |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan (Land & airspace ) | November 1, 1998 |
| Algeria (Land area) | March 7, 1995 |
| Azerbaijan (Land area) | June 9, 1995 |
| Burundi (Land area) | November 29, 1996 |
| Chad (Land area) | August 11, 2008 |
| Columbia (Land area) | June 1, 1985 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of (Land area) | November 29, 1996 |
| Cote D'Ivorie (Land area) | February 27, 2003 |
| Cuba (JTF Guantanamo Bay) | December 26, 2006 |
| Djibouti (Land area) | July 31, 2002 |
| Egypt (Land area) | January 29, 1997 |
| Eritrea (Land area) | July 31, 2002 |
| Ethiopia (Land area) | September 13, 1999 |
| Iran (Land area) | November 4, 1979 |
| Iraq (Land & airspace) | September 17, 1990 |
| Israel (Land area) | January 31, 2002 |
| Jordan (Land area) | January 29, 1997 |
| Kenya (Land area) | July 31, 2002 |
| Kosovo (Land & airspace) | June 22, 1992 |
| Lebanon (Land area) | October 1, 1983 |
| Libya (Land & airspace) | March 19, 2011 |
| Mali (Land area) | June 7, 2017 |
| Mediterranean Sea (Water area from the North African coast from 26°0"E to the East Coast of Tunisia, north to 34°35"N) | March 19, 2011 |
| Niger (Land area) | June 7, 2017 |
| Pakistan (Land area) | November 26, 1996 |
| Philippines (Mindanao land area & Sulu Archipelago land area) | October 5, 2017 |
| Somalia (Land & airspace) | September 28, 1992 |
| Somalia Coastal Waters | December 26, 2006 |
| South Sudan (Land & airspace) | July 9, 2011 |
| Sudan (Land & airspace) | October 4, 1993 |
| Syria (Land & airspace) | July 31, 2003 and September 21, 2014 |
| Tunisia (Land & airspace) | March 19, 2011 |
| Turkey (Land area excluding the Turkish Straits and including southern airspace) | March 1, 1998 |
| Turkey (Land area east of 33"51' E) | September 19, 2016 |
| Uganda (Land area) | January 19, 2000 |
| Yemen (Land area) | May 25, 1999 |
Note: Reserve members are also eligible for Hostile Fire and Imminent Danger Pay.
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