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of aviation ordnancemen assembling bombs aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Mediterranean Sea, while deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Navy personnel who deployed to the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the opening weeks of OIF are now entitled to Imminent Danger Pay and Combat Zone Tax Relief benefits.
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Imminent Danger Pay, Combat Zone Tax Relief Now Offered to Select Units Story Number: NNS040218-02
Release Date: 2/18/2004 10:22:00 AM
From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Navy personnel who deployed to the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the opening weeks of Operation Iraqi Freedom are now entitled to Imminent Danger Pay (IDP) and Combat Zone Tax Relief (CZTR) benefits.
Through special legislation, the Department of Defense retroactively authorized IDP and CZTR benefits from March 19 through Aug. 1, 2003.
“We are absolutely delighted to be able to get this pay into the hands of all those hard-working Sailors who were there during the opening phase of the war,” said Vice Adm. Gerry Hoewing, Chief of Naval Personnel. “They were among the first to sail in harm’s way, and they certainly deserve this.”
The original authorization for IDP and CZTR began April 11, 2003, and did not cover Sailors who deployed to the eastern Mediterranean Sea at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March.
This change in authorization date affects nearly 18,000 Sailors, most of whom were attached to USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) carrier strike groups, as well as Commander, Task Force (CTF) 61 units.
Sailors deployed to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of 30 degrees east longitude, in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom between March 19 and April 11, 2003, and not already entitled to IDP and CZTR benefits for March and/or April, should contact their local disbursing office for more information or see NAVADMIN 036/04.
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