MARADMIN 619/14 - Hardship Duty Pay - Tempo (HDP-T) Program Details

Scope

MARADMIN 619/14 published the Hardship Duty Pay - Tempo (HDP-T) Program Details on 2014-12-01. The message sets the original eligibility, rate, and payment processing rules referenced by successive HDP-T fiscal year MARADMINs and by the MCTFS reporting manual. Applicability is the Marine Corps Total Force.

Audience

• Marines on qualifying high tempo operational rotations. Eligible for HDP-T.
• S-1 staff and unit diary clerks. Report HDP-T transactions in MCTFS.
• Disbursing officers. Process HDP-T payments.

Program rules the portal asserts

• Marines operationally deployed for more than 220 consecutive days become eligible for HDP-T on the 221st consecutive deployed day, per MCTFSPRIUM paragraph 90803, which directs readers to this message for specific rules and exceptions.
• HDP-T is payable at a rate of $495.00 per month.
• MCTFS reports HDP-T under TTC 125, 136, and 175. Start, stop, credit, and checkage transactions require effective dates after 2014-09-17.
• MCTFS allows HDP-T to run concurrently with HDP-L and HDP-M.
• MARADMIN 414/20 kept the guidance in MARADMIN 510/14 and this message in effect while reauthorizing HDP-T payments through 2023-09-30.

Connection to higher policy

• DoD FMR Volume 7A, Chapter 17, paragraph 1702, Figure 17-1, Table 17-1. HDP rate and reporting framework cited by the MCAAT deployments checklist.
• Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) memoranda. Periodic HDP-T reauthorization authority, per the MARADMIN 414/20 entry.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine

• MARADMIN 510/14, dated 2014-10-09. Authorization for Hardship Duty Pay - Tempo. Companion authorization message.
• MARADMIN 414/20. FY21 HDP-T Program Details. Source page reads CANCELLED.
• MARADMIN 092/21. Update to MARADMIN 414/20 FY21 HDP-T Program Details.
• MCTFSPRIUM 9-90801 through 9-90803 and Table 9-8. Unit diary reporting rules for HDP.
• MCAAT Administration, Deployments, Exercises, and Operations checklist. Cites this message with MARADMIN 092/21 for HDP reporting.

Status

Released 2014-12-01. Originator CMC Washington DC MRA MP. Applicability is the Marine Corps Total Force. The base program rules stay referenced by later fiscal year messages. Verification caution. The MARADMIN 414/20 reauthorization ended 2023-09-30 and its source page reads CANCELLED. Confirm the current HDP-T reauthorization before paying HDP-T under this message's rules.