MARADMIN 628/20 - Special Duty Assignment Pay, Assignment Incentive Pay, and Volunteer Supplemental Incentive for Fiscal Year 2021

Scope

MARADMIN 628/20 clarifies monetary incentives for Special Duty Assignments (SDA), Type-1 (T1) screenable billets, and other enlisted assignments eligible for Assignment Incentive Pay (AIP) for Fiscal Year 2021. The MARADMIN replaces SDAP with AIP for non-SDA billets and introduces Volunteer Supplemental Incentive (VSI) for SDA volunteers. Effective 1 October 2020.

Audience

Career planners, S-1, and IPAC personnel processing SDAP, AIP, and VSI. Commanders signing AIP and VSI agreements. Marines volunteering for or selected to SDA, T1 screenable billets, or other AIP-eligible billets.

Three incentive types

• SDAP. Special Duty Assignment Pay. Paid monthly to Marines assigned to SDA billets. SDA billets are Recruiters, Drill Instructors, and MSG Detachment Commanders.
• AIP. Assignment Incentive Pay. Paid monthly or as a single lump sum to Marines assigned to difficult-to-fill assignments, locations, or units. Replaces SDAP for all previously SDAP-designated non-SDA billets.
• VSI. Voluntary Supplemental Incentive. Paid monthly or as a single lump sum only to Marines who volunteered for a FY21 SDA class or second-tour SDA. VSI sits on top of SDAP and AIP.

Eligible billets

• SDA. Recruiters (8411/8421/5524), Drill Instructors (0911), MSG Detachment Commanders (8156).
• T1 screenable. MSG Watch Standers (8156), MCSF Guards (8152/8154) at KingsBay or Bangor PRP-qualified, Combat Instructors (0913).
• Other. Career Recruiters (8412/8422), Sergeants Major and First Sergeants in listed special billets, MARSOC CSO (0372) and SOCS (8071), Career Planners (4821).
• Joint. White House Military Office (WHMO), DTRA, SEA to the CJCS.

Amount tables (selected)

• Recruiters. SDAP 150 monthly plus AIP 225 monthly or 7,400 lump sum for a 36-month tour. VSI 10,000 lump sum for a 36-month FY21 tour, or 6,700 for a 24-month second tour.
• Drill Instructors. SDAP 150 monthly plus AIP 150 monthly or 4,900 lump sum for a 36-month tour. VSI matches the recruiter VSI.
• MSG Detachment Commander. SDAP 150 monthly plus VSI 10,000 lump sum for a 36-month tour or 6,700 for a 24-month second tour.
• MCSF Guards and MSG Watch Standers. AIP 75 monthly or 2,500 lump sum for a 36-month tour.
• Combat Instructors. AIP 150 monthly or 4,900 lump sum for a 36-month tour.
• Career Recruiters. AIP 375 monthly or 12,300 lump sum for a 36-month tour.
• SMMC. AIP 450 monthly or 10,100 lump sum for a 24-month tour.

Operative content

Documentation

• AIP and VSI agreements are documented on NAVMC 118 (11). The form establishes the months of commitment, the assignment, and the lump sum amount.
• Agreements route via EPAR in Marine Online to the local reporting unit or PAC for MCTFS reporting.
• A copy posts to the Marine's OMPF. If posting fails, email MMRP-20 at smb.manpower.mmrp@usmc.mil.

Recoupment

Marines who do not serve the full term repay the unearned, prorated portion of the lump sum. Recoupment does not apply when a Marine fails to complete the agreement for reasons beyond the Marine's control (death, retirement or separation for disability).

TSP

Marines who want to contribute SDAP, AIP, or VSI to TSP make a TSP Incentive percentage election in myPay the month prior to receiving the payment. These contributions are not matched and count against the annual Elective Deferral Limit.

Connection to Marine Corps policy

• MCO 7220.12R Special Duty Assignment Pay Program. Order-level SDAP framework. Its paragraph 5.b annual certification requirement, commanders at O-5 and above recertify every SDAP recipient during the anniversary month with the Z3 event code, rides with this MARADMIN between order revisions.
• DODI 1340.26. DoD instruction governing assignment and special duty pays. The portal AIP page pairs it with this MARADMIN, MARADMIN 349/23, and MARADMIN 181/26.
• MARADMIN 349/23. Discontinued the discounted lump sum AIP. The portal AIP page sources the monthly two-installment payment rule, up to 1,500 per month per single AIP rate with a 3,500 combined monthly cap, to both messages.
• MARADMIN 181/26. FY28 HQMC Special Duty Assignment Campaign. Names this MARADMIN as the current rate framework for volunteer rates.
• PAAN 6-16. Cited alongside this MARADMIN in MCAAT admin special and hazardous duty pay checklist items.
• MARADMIN 302/17 and MARADMIN 438/19. Predecessor messages cancelled by this one.

Status

Active. Applicable to active and reserve components. Cancels MARADMIN 438/19 and MARADMIN 302/17. Released by LtGen David A. Ottignon, Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.