MARADMIN 302/17 - Advance Notification of Change to MCO 7220.12R Special Duty Assignment Pay Program

Scope

MARADMIN 302/17 announced advance notification of changes to MCO 7220.12R, the Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP) Program. The message gave the force advance notice of a restructuring of SDAP rates and the authorization framework ahead of the formal order revision. Applicability is the Active Component.

Audience

• Marines on special duty assignment (Recruiter, Drill Instructor, Marine Security Guard, Combat Instructor). Apply current SDAP rates.
• Career planners and disbursing officers. Apply the rate framework.

Announced changes

• Advance notice of a change to MCO 7220.12R before the formal revision published.
• Restructured SDAP rates and the authorization framework.
• Successive rate messages carry the current tables. MARADMIN 438/19 set FY21 special duty assignment and screenable billet incentives. MARADMIN 628/20 set FY21 SDAP, Assignment Incentive Pay, and Volunteer Supplemental Incentive rates. MARADMIN 181/26 opened the FY28 special duty campaign.
• The portal's pay pages for SDAP, Assignment Incentive Pay, and the Volunteer Supplemental Incentive list this message as a source.

Connection to higher policy

• MCO 7220.12R. Special Duty Assignment Pay Program. Parent policy the message amends in advance.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine

• MARADMIN 628/20. FY21 SDAP, AIP, and VSI rates. Later rate framework.
• MARADMIN 438/19. FY21 Special Duty Assignments and Screenable Billets Incentives.
• MARADMIN 181/26. FY28 HQMC Special Duty campaign.

Status

Signed 2017-06-12 per the message header. Originator CMC Washington DC MRA MP. Superseded by MARADMIN 628/20 and subsequent SDAP rate messages. Use this entry for historical context. Date settled from the message header DTG R 122055Z JUN 17, released 2017-06-12, confirmed against the archived message on 2026-07-16. The index row's 12/06/2017 was a day-month transposition. The source page also reads Cancelled.