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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 936455" data-attributes="member: 12952">[h=4]Danger Pay Now Calculated By the Day[/h]Starting this month, the Defense Department&nbsp; will calculate imminent-danger pay by the day rather than the month, a&nbsp; cost-cutting move the department estimated last year could save $30&nbsp; million annually. Up to now, servicemembers received a full month’s&nbsp; imminent-danger pay — $225 — for spending even a single day in&nbsp; designated hazardous areas, which range from war zones such as&nbsp; Afghanistan to out-of-the-way spots like Montenegro. But beginning Feb.&nbsp; 1, they’ll get the extra pay only for days they’re actually present in&nbsp; the danger zones. The prorated daily amount works out to $7.50. The&nbsp; exception is for troops exposed to hostile fire. “If you take fire, you&nbsp; get the full $225,” regardless of time spent in the area, said DoD&nbsp; spokeswoman Eileen Lainez.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 936455, member: 12952"] [h=4][B]Danger Pay Now Calculated By the Day[/B][/h]Starting this month, the Defense Department will calculate imminent-danger pay by the day rather than the month, a cost-cutting move the department estimated last year could save $30 million annually. Up to now, servicemembers received a full month’s imminent-danger pay — $225 — for spending even a single day in designated hazardous areas, which range from war zones such as Afghanistan to out-of-the-way spots like Montenegro. But beginning Feb. 1, they’ll get the extra pay only for days they’re actually present in the danger zones. The prorated daily amount works out to $7.50. The exception is for troops exposed to hostile fire. “If you take fire, you get the full $225,” regardless of time spent in the area, said DoD spokeswoman Eileen Lainez. [/QUOTE]

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