Hostile Fire and Imminent Danger Pay are payable for duty performed in an area designated as hazardous. You can't get Hostile Fire Pay (HFP) and Imminent Danger Pay (IDP) at the same time. Both are taxable, unless you are serving in a designated combat zone or support area.
The monthly rate is $225, and is payable when a member is subjected to hostile fire, explosion of hostile mines or other hostile action and is:
- Performing duty in a hostile fire area;
- Exposed to a hostile fire event;
- On duty during a month in an area in which a hostile event occurred that place them in grave danger of physical injury;
- Killed, injured, or wounded by hostile fire, explosion of a hostile fire event.
Hostile Fire and Imminent Danger pay are prorated for partial months - you are only paid for the time in a designated area.
Locations
| Area | Begin Date |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan (Land & air space ) | Nov. 1, 1998 |
| Algeria (Land area) | March 7, 1995 |
| Azerbaijan (Land area) | June 9, 1995 |
| Burundi (Land area) | Nov. 29, 1996 |
| Cameroon (North and far north land area) | June 7, 2017 |
| Chad (Land area) | Aug.11, 2008 |
| Columbia (Land area) | June 1, 1985 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of (Land area) | Nov. 29, 1996 |
| Cuba (JTF Guantanamo Bay) | Dec. 26, 2006 |
| Djibouti (Land area) | July 31, 2002 |
| Egypt (Land area) | Jan. 29, 1997 |
| Ethiopia (Land area) | Sep. 13, 1999 |
| Haiti | Jan. 8, 2020 |
| Indonesia (Central Sulawesi and Papua land areas) | June 1, 2014 |
| Iran (Land area) | Nov. 4, 1979 |
| Iraq (Land & air space) | Sep. 17, 1990 |
| Israel (Land area) | Jan. 31, 2002 |
| Jordan (Land area) | Jan. 29, 1997 |
| Kenya (Land area) | July 31, 2002 |
| Kosovo (Land & air space) | June 22, 1992 |
| Lebanon (Land area) | Oct. 1, 1983 |
| Libya (Land & air space) | March 19, 2011 |
| Malaysia (Sabah land area) | June 1, 2014 |
| 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) | Nov. 26, 1996 |
| Philippines (Mindanao land area & Sulu Archipelago land area) | Oct. 5, 2017 |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep. 14, 2019 |
| Somalia (Land & air space) | Sep. 28, 1992 |
| Somalia Coastal Waters | Dec. 26, 2006 |
| South Sudan (Land & air space) | July 9, 2011 |
| Sudan (Land & air space) | Oct. 4, 1993 |
| Syria (Land & air space) | July 31, 2003 and Sep. 21, 2014 |
| Tunisia (Land & air space) | March 19, 2011 |
| Turkey (Land area excluding the Turkish Straits and including southern air space) | March 1, 1998 |
| Turkey (Land area east of 33"51' E) | Sep. 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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