Military Personnel: DOD Needs to Assess Certain Factors in Determining Whether Hazardous Duty Pay is Warranted for Duty in the Polar Regions

Abstract

The 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, conducts supply missions for scientific research in the polar regions. Most unit members do not spend more than 30 consecutive days in the polar regions. Therefore, they are not eligible for hardship duty pay, which requires more than 30 consecutive days of duty in a designated hardship location. Congress considered legislation in 2002 to make an exception to the 30-day hardship duty pay threshold for polar duty. This legislation was not approved. In addition, the 109th Airlift Wing proposed designating polar duty as a hazardous duty

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 29, 2003
Accession Number
AD1166858

Entities

People

  • Derek B. Stewart
  • Kelly Baumgartner
  • Thomas W. Gosling
  • Wilson Timothy

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air National Guard
  • Aircrafts
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Flight Crews
  • Geography
  • Glaciers
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Poisoning
  • Polar Regions
  • Scientific Research
  • Training
  • United States

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  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Naval Personnel Management