A member of a uniformed service may be entitled to Hostile Fire and Imminent Danger pay at the rate of $225 for any month in which he/she was entitled to basic pay and in which he/she was:
- Subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines;
- On duty in an area in which he was in imminent danger of being exposed to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines and in which, during the period he was on duty in that area, other members of the uniformed services were subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines;
- Killed, injured, or wounded by hostile fire, explosion of a hostile mine, or any other hostile action; or
- On duty in a foreign area in which he was subject to the threat of physical harm or imminent danger on the basis of civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism, or wartime conditions.
Reserve members are also eligible for Hostile Fire and Imminent Danger Pay.
Special Pay Update: The Department of Defense has announced that effective November 1, 2007, Angola, Georgia (The Georgian Republic), Sierra Leone, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Macedonia will no longer be classified imminent danger pay zones.
