DODI 1340.26 - Assignment and Special Duty Pays

Scope

DODI 1340.26 establishes DoD policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for Assignment Incentive Pay (AIP) and Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP). The instruction was issued effective 25 September 2017 with Change 1 issued 11 January 2019. The instruction reissues the prior AIP instruction and incorporates and cancels the prior DODI 1304.27 (Award and Administration of Special Duty Assignment Pay, April 22, 2015), bringing AIP and SDAP under one DoD instruction.

Audience

DoD Component Heads. Military Service personnel offices. Marine Corps Programs and Resources Division (RFM). S-1 officers and IPAC pay clerks processing AIP and SDAP transactions. Marines designated to AIP-eligible assignments and SDAP-eligible billets.

Content scope

• Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP) eligibility, designation, and rate framework.
• Assignment Incentive Pay (AIP) eligibility, designation, and rate framework.
• Authority delegations to Component Heads for designation.
• Rate establishment and review framework.
• Reporting requirements.

Operative content

Portal usage evidenced in the repo.

• The Marine-facing AIP page cites DoDFMR Vol 7A Chapter 15 paragraph 2.1. The DoD pays AIP to eligible AC and RC Service Members in accordance with Title 37 U.S.C. section 352, DoDI 1340.26, and regulations published by the Secretary of the Military Department concerned.
• The Marine-facing AIP page pairs the instruction with MARADMIN 628/20, MARADMIN 349/23, MARADMIN 181/26, and MCO 7220.12R, updated to include AIP and VSI.
• The Marine-facing Family Separation Allowance page lists the instruction among its sources beside DoDFMR Vol 7A Chapter 27 and Title 37 U.S.C. section 427.
• The admin military pay processing overview records the instruction as covering AIP and SDAP within the special pay framework.

Connection to higher policy

• 37 U.S.C. 307 (Special Duty Pay) and 37 U.S.C. 307a (Assignment Pay or Special Duty Pay). Statutory authority.
• 37 U.S.C. 352 and 373. Consolidated authority sections cited with the instruction on the portal AIP page and in MARADMIN 349/23.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• MCO 7220.12R Marine Corps SDAP Program. Marine Corps implementation.
• DoDFMR Vol 7A Chapter 8 (SDAP). Pay framework.
• DoDFMR Vol 7A Chapter 15 (AIP). Pay framework.
• MARADMIN 349/23. Marine Corps AIP message citing the instruction as a DoD authority.

Status

Active. DODI 1340.26 superseded DODI 1304.27 effective 25 September 2017. Older citations to DODI 1304.27 reference the cancelled instruction. New SDAP and AIP citations should reference DODI 1340.26.