FY19 Hardship Duty Pay – Tempo (HDP-T) Program Details

This MARADMIN reauthorizes the Hardship Duty Pay-Tempo (HDP-T) program for fiscal year 2019, effective October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. It applies to all active and reserve component Marines and maintains all previous guidance from earlier MARADMINs while cancelling the FY18 version.

Issued: August 14, 2018

Finance Personnel

1.  Purpose.  To reauthorize the Hardship Duty Pay-Tempo (HDP-T) program.
2.  Background. Refs (a) through (c) provide Marine Corps guidance for the administration of the HDP-T program and authorize payments through 30 September 2018.  Per ref (d), the Assistant Secretary
of the Navy  Manpower and Reserve Affairs reauthorized the Department of the Navy's program for payment of HDP-T for fiscal year 2019.
3.  Policy.  Effective 1 October 2018, the payment of HDP-T to eligible Marines is reauthorized through 30 September 2019.  All other guidance in refs (a) and (b) remain in effect.  Ref (c) is cancelled.
4.  This MARADMIN applies to all active and reserve component Marines.
5.  Release authorized by LtGen Michael A. Rocco, Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.