How to Get Information on Submarine Duty Pay

The United States military uses a system of incentive pay to reward servicemen and women who take additional risks and challenges as part of their assigned duties. Congress has authorized monthly incentives for military personnel who fly, spend long periods of time at sea and face separation from their families. In the same way, those stationed on submarines are paid a monthly incentive called submarine duty pay.

Instructions

1. Keep records of your work on board submarines. Your incentive pay is based upon the amount of time spent on a submarine each month. You'll need these records in case you have discrepancies when you get your pay.

2. Serve on board a submarine for 48 hours in a month and you will receive one month of submarine duty pay.

3. Work in an assignment that requires 96 hours of submarine duty in a single month and you will receive submarine duty pay for the current month and the previous month, if you have not already qualified for it. If spend 144 hours on a submarine in a given month, you can get retroactive submarine pay for the previous two months.

4. Check if you qualify for submarine pay due to training you have received. Training for submarine duty or instruction to take on a more significant role on board could qualify you.

Tips & Warnings

• If you have spent several years of your time in the military on board a submarine, you may qualify for continuous monthly submarine duty pay, which means that you always get submarine duty pay even without meeting the monthly requirements.

Resources

• Go to the Department of Defense website for the submarine duty pay charts.