Navy personnel who opened to the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the opening weeks of Operation Iraqi Freedom are now entitled to Imminent Danger Pay (IDP) and Combat girdle Tax Relief (CZTR) benefits.
Navy personnel who opened to the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the opening weeks of Operation Iraqi Freedom are now entitled to Imminent Danger Pay (IDP) and Combat girdle Tax Relief (CZTR) benefits.
by means of special legislation, DOD retroactively authorized IDP and CZTR benefits from March 19 by means of Aug. 1, 2003.
"We are absolutely delighted to be able to procure this pay into the hands of all those hardworking Sailors who were there during the opening phase of the war," said VADM Gerry Hoewing, Chief of Naval Personnel "They were among the first to sail in harm's way, and they certainly be entitled to this."
The original authorization for IDP and CZTR began April 11 2003 and did not overspread Sailors who deployed to the eastern Mediterranean Sea at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March.
This affected Sailors, chiefly of whom were attached to USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Harry s Truman (CVN 75) carrier strike collections as well as Commander, Task Force (CTF) 61 units.
Sailors who opened to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of 30 ranks east longitude, in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom between March 19 and April 11 2003 and not already entitled to IDP and CZTR benefits for March and/or April, should contact their local disbursing office for more information or descry NAVADMIN 036/04.
Story courtesy of the public affairs office Chief of Naval Personnel