Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP) for Sergeants Major and Master Gunnery Sergeants

1. PURPOSE. TO PUBLISH THE AUTHORIZATION TO PAY SDAP 
TO SLATED SERGEANTS MAJOR AND MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANTS SERVING AS 
SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISORS AT THE GENERAL OFFICER/SENIOR EXECUTIVE 
SERVICE LEVEL. 
2. PER REF A, EFFECTIVE 1 JAN 08 SLATED SERGEANTS MAJOR AND MASTER 
GUNNERY SERGEANTS SERVING AS SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISORS ARE AUTHORIZED 
SDAP WHEN ASSIGNED TO DUTIES AT THE GENERAL OFFICER/SENIOR EXECUTIVE 
SERVICE LEVEL. 
3. MONTHLY SDAP LEVEL DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 
CHANGES IN PAY LEVELS ARE PUBLISHED IN CHAPTER 8 OF VOLUME 7A OF REF 
B. THE MONTHLY FY08 SDAP DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 
SD-LEVEL VALUE 
SD-1 $75 
SD-2 $150 
SD-3 $225 
SD-4 $300 
SD-5 $375 
SD-6 $450 
4. THE IDENTIFICATION OF SLATED SERGEANTS MAJOR AND MASTER GUNNERY 
SERGEANT ASSIGNMENTS ARE PUBLISHED VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE. 
DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT DC M&RA(MM) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
PUBLISHING THIS MESSAGE AND IS THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY REGARDING ALL 
ASSIGNMENTS. 
5. SLATED SERGEANTS MAJOR AND MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANTS ARE 
AUTHORIZED SDAP BASED ON THE STRUCTURED GENERAL OFFICER RANK. 
SLATED SERGEANTS MAJOR AND MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANTS ARE AUTHORIZED 
MONTHLY SDAP AT THE FOLLOWING LEVELS: 
RANK PAY-LEVEL 
SMMC SD-6 
GEN/LTGEN SD-4 
MAJGEN/BGEN/SES SD-3 
6. JOINT ASSIGNMENTS. ASSIGNMENT AS THE SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR TO 
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF IS AUTHORIZED SDAP AT PAY 
LEVEL SD-6. ADDITIONALLY, SERGEANTS MAJOR AND MASTER GUNNERY 
SERGEANTS ASSIGNED TO JOINT BILLETS AS SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISORS TO 
GENERAL OFFICERS (O10) ARE AUTHORIZED SDAP AT PAY LEVEL SD-6. 
7. TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS TO A SLATED SERGEANT MAJOR BILLET OR A 
MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR BILLET, ARE NOT 
AUTHORIZED SDAP UNLESS THE SERGEANT MAJOR OR MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT 
IS CURRENTLY IN RECEIPT OF SDAP FOR HIS PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT. 
8. SERGEANTS MAJOR SERVING ON SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT ARE ONLY 
AUTHORIZED ONE MONTHLY PAYMENT OF SDAP. IN EVERY SITUATION WHERE 
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SDAP ARE AUTHORIZED, THE HIGHER VALUE OF SDAP 
WILL BE PAID. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SGTMAJ ASSIGNED TO MARINE CORPS 
RECRUIT DEPOT/EASTERN RECRUITING REGION IS AUTHORIZED SDAP AT THE 
SD-2 PAY LEVEL. BECAUSE THIS SLATED ASSIGNMENT IS RESIDENT AT THE 
BRIGADIER GENERAL LEVEL, PAYMENT OF SDAP AT THE SD-3 LEVEL IS ALSO 
AUTHORIZED. 
IN THIS SITUATION, A COMBINATION OF SD-2 AND SD-3 WOULD NOT BE 
AUTHORIZED, SD-3 WOULD BE THE VALUE THAT IS PAID. 
9. MARINES SERVING IN ASSIGNMENTS ANNOTATED IN PARAGRAPH 4 WHOSE 
GENERAL OFFICER/SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE MEMBER'S BILLET IS NOT 
BEING HELD BY A GENERAL OFFICER/SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE MEMBER ARE 
AUTHORIZED SDAP BASED ON THE STRUCTURED RANK OF THAT BILLET. 
10. PER REF C, SDAP IS A MONTHLY PAY AND IS SUBJECT TO PRORATING. 
11. THIS MESSAGE IS APPLICABLE TO THE TOTAL FORCE. 
12. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MR. M. F. APPLEGATE, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER 
PLANS AND POLICY DIVISION.