DOD INSTRUCTION 1340.26
A
SSIGNMENT AND SPECIAL DUTY PAYS
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Effective: September 25, 2017
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at http://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Reissues and Cancels: DoD Instruction 1340.26, “Assignment Incentive Pay (AIP),”
February 26, 2013
Incorporates and Cancels: DoD Instruction 1304.27, “Award and Administration of Special Duty
Assignment Pay,” April 22, 2015
Approved by: A. M. Kurta, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02, this issuance:
• Establishes policies, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures concerning eligibility and
requirements for receipt of all assignment and special duty pays in accordance with Section 352 of Title
37, United States Code (U.S.C.).
• Establishes transition policy for the transfer of assignment and special duty pay authorities in
accordance with Sections 301c (with respect to non-continuous operational submarine duty incentive
pay), 305, 305a, 306, 306a, 307, 307a, 308d, 314, and 352 of Title 37, U.S.C.
• Identifies conditions of entitlement and restrictions on authorizations and payment, to be
implemented in accordance with Service regulations and Volume 7A of DoD Manual 7000.14-R.
