ALCOAST 294/17 - OCT 2017 FY18 SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT PAY (SDAP)

united states coast guard

 

R 020909 OCT 17
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-13//
TO ALCOAST
UNCLAS //N01430//
ALCOAST 294/17
COMDTNOTE 1430
SUBJ:  FY18 SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENT PAY (SDAP)
A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 070927 MAR 17/ ALCOAST 074/17
B. Military Assignments and Authorized Absences, COMDTINST M1000.8 (series)
C. Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP), COMDTINST 1430.1 (series)
1. This ALCOAST announces SDAP Levels for FY18 as a result of the SDAP
panel announced in REF (A).
2. The panel consisted of CAPT Jason Merriweather COMDT (CG-133),
CAPT Charles Fosse PSC-EPM, CDR Randall Chong FORCECOM, LT George Cocks
COMDT (CG-832), GMCS Laurie Kennedy COMDT (CG-821), CMC Jeffrey Patton
COMDT (CG-DCO), CMC Charles Bushey LANTAREA, CMC Mark Pearson PACAREA, and
CMC Jason Vanderhaden COMDT (CG-DCMS).
3. FY18 SDAP levels remain in effect until 30 Sep 18, at which time they will
be cancelled. Effective 01 Oct 17, the following billets are authorized SDAP
for FY18 at the levels indicated below:
BILLET                                                                                                     LEVEL
Academy Company Chief                                                                           SD-2
Advanced Interdiction (AI) Coxswain                                                          SD-3
ATTC Aviation Survival Technician (AST) Instructors                                    SD-2
Canine Explosive Detection Teams (CEDT) Handlers                                    SD-1
CG Counterintelligence Agents (CGCIS)                                                      SD-2
CG-821 Program Reviewer (Position 00031448)                                          SD-3
CGIS Protective Service Detail (PSD)                                                          SD-2
CGIS Special Agent                                                                                   SD-3
CGRC Recruiting Billets                                                                             SD-3
Close Quarters Combat Instructor (CQCI)                                                   SD-2
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL): MCPOCG                                     SD-5
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL): CMC (Deputy, DCMS,
DCO, PAC, LANT, CGRF-MC)                                                                      SD-4
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL): CMC (Districts,
FORCECOM, DOL, PSC, JIATF-S, USCGA)                                                    SD-3
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL): CMC/CSC (Sectors,
Bases, CGRC, TRACEN Petaluma, TRACEN Yorktown,
TRACEN Cape May, PATFORSWA, ALC, SFLC, C4IT, SMTC)                           SD-2
Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL): CMC (MFPU, PSU)                        SD-1
Cryptologic Direct Support Element (CDSE) Watch Supervisors
& Operators                                                                                             SD-1
District 17 Aids to Navigations Team                                                          SD-2
Defense Attache Service (DAS) Support Staff                                              SD-3
Dive AIRDVSUP                                                                                        SD-1
Dive Deployable Team Leader (DTL)                                                           SD-1
Dive High Risk Training (HRT) Instructor                                                     SD-2
Heavy Weather Coxswain                                                                          SD-1
Helicopter Rescue Swimmers (RS)                                                             SD-4
Honor Guard Members                                                                              SD-2
Independent Duty (FSO) (140, 110 & 87 cutters CS-17
Competency Code)                                                                                   SD-3
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Maritime Infrastructure
Protective Force Training Advisory Group (MIPFTAG)                                   SD-2
MLEA High-Risk Training (HRT) Instructors & MLEA Training
Safety Officers (TSO)                                                                                SD-1
MSRT/MSST SD Advanced Interdiction (AI) Boat Crew Members (BCM)         SD-1
MSRT/MSST SD Deployable Team Leader (DTL)                                          SD-3
MSRT/MSST SD Tactical Operators (MSRT-TO)                                            SD-2
MSST Deployable Team Leaders                                                                SD-1
MTB Deployable Team Leaders                                                                  SD-2
MTB Deployable Team Members                                                                SD-1
National Strike Force Response Member                                                     SD-1
National Strike Force Response Supervisor                                                 SD-3
National Strike Force Response Technician                                                 SD-2
NCV Pursuit Coxswain                                                                              SD-2
NCV Pursuit Coxswain Ashore                                                                   SD-2
NCV Pursuit Crewman Aboard Cutters                                                       SD-1
NCV Pursuit Mission Commander Aboard CG Cutters                                   SD-2
Officer Candidate School (OCS) Company Chief                                          SD-2
Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Afloat                                                                  SD-4
Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Ashore                                                                SD-4
Precision Marksman – Aviation (PM-A)                                                      SD-2
Rating Force Master Chief (RFMC)                                                             SD-1
Recruit Battalion Commander (BC)                                                           SD-5
Recruit Company Commander (CC)                                                          SD-5
Recruit Section Commander (SC)                                                             SD-5
SMTC/SMTD High-Risk Training (HRT) Instructors                                     SD-1
Surfman Qualified                                                                                   SD-4
TACLET Deployable Team Leader                                                             SD-3
TACLET Tactical Operator (TO)                                                                SD-2
Tactical Certified Coxswain                                                                      SD-1
White House President (EOC)                                                                  SD-3
White House Situation Room Team Member                                              SD-4
4. The monthly SDAP payments are as indicated below:
SD-1  -   75 dollars
SD-2  -  150 dollars
SD-3  -  225 dollars
SD-4  -  300 dollars
SD-5  -  375 dollars
5. SDAP commences on the date a member meets the following eligibility
criteria:
   A. USCG Academy Company Chief: Member is authorized SDAP the day the
member reports for duty to an eligible billet. 
   B. Advanced Interdiction Coxswain: Members must be assigned to and
complete all the qualifications for this designation. A member will have
SDAP revoked anytime the qualifications have lapsed or removed from these
designated positions. In addition, if they are absent from the unit for
greater than 30 days (not including TDY), upon PCS departure, or at any
time when COMDT (CG-751) determines the member no longer requires SDAP.
   C. ATTC Aviation Survival Technician (AST) Instructors: Members are
authorized SDAP the day they are qualified as an instructor by CG ATTC. 
Instructors must maintain currency qualifications in order to maintain
SDAP eligibility. SDAP stops upon PCS departure.
   D. Canine Explosive Detection Teams (CEDT) Handlers: Canine Handlers
need to be certified prior to receiving SDAP. If the canine gets decertified
then the SDAP is suspended for the handler until the canine is recertified.
   E. CG Counterintelligence Agents (CGCIS): Members must be assigned to
CGCIS, complete the basic agent course, and be issued CGIS badge and
credentials. A member will have SDAP suspended if they are absent from the
unit for greater than 30 days (not including TDY), upon PCS departure from
CGCIS, or at any time when the Director of CGCIS determines the member no
longer requires SDAP.
   F. COMDT (CG-821) Program Reviewer (Position 00031448): SDAP authorized
the day the member reports for duty in an eligible billet on the PAL.
   G. CGIS Protective Service Detail (PSD): CGIS Protective Service Detail
(PSD): Enlisted must have completed qualification as Tactical Driver, and be
in an assignment under CG PSC directed orders. 
   H. CGIS Special Agent: Enlisted special agents must have completed basic
training required for special agents, and be in an assignment under CG PSC
directed orders or assigned to an RPAL billet specifically indicating
investigation duty.
   I. CGRC Recruiting Billets: Member must be serving in a recruiter billet
assigned to a recruiting office, recruiting chat center, regional
supervisor, or Training Center Cape May (TCCM) Recruiting C-School instructor.
Must maintain current qualifications/certifications and be certified by CGRC
Commanding Officer in order to maintain their eligibility for SDAP.
   J. Close Quarters Combat Instructor (CQCI): Must be assigned to MSRT,
TACLET, SMTC, or SMTD, and have successfully completed the CQCI course (502938),
and be designated in writing as a CQCI by the respective unit Commanding Officer.
   K. Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL): MCPOCG/CMC/CSC: Member
must be serving in the designated billet specified in Paragraph 3 above.
   L. Cryptological Direct Support Element (CDSE) Watch Supervisors &
Operators: Member is authorized SDAP upon certification from the unit
Commanding Officer.
   M. D17 Aids to Navigation team: Member is authorized SDAP upon reporting
for duty in an eligible billet on the PAL.
   N. Defense Attache Service (DAS) Support Staff: Member must be
serving in a designated defense attaché billet assigned within the
Department of Defense Attaché System (DAFAS). 
   O. Dive Deployable Team Leader (DTL): Member is authorized SDAP
once qualified as a DTL by the unit Commanding Officer.
   P. Dive High Risk Training (HRT) Instructor: Member is authorized
SDAP once qualified as an HRT instructor by the unit Commanding Officer.
   Q. Heavy Weather Coxswain: Members must meet all requirements for
a coxswain and additionally perform operations associated with heavy
weather missions. Must complete Heavy Weather Coxswain PQS and be
certified by Commanding Officer/Officer in Charge as a Heavy
Weather Coxswain.
   R. Helicopter Rescue Swimmers (RS): Members must be assigned to an
operational rescue swimmer billet, fulfill all appropriate operational
and physical training requirements and be designated rescue swimmer
on the watch schedule, or have been deployed TDY in a rescue swimmer
capacity for at least 14 days during the month (any comparable
combination of duty and deployment days will suffice). Members of the
rescue swimmer standardization branch and other rescue swimmers at ATC
Mobile who are assigned to operational rescue swimmer billets are
included. The unit Commanding Officer must certify in writing that
the member meets all eligibility requirements for entitlement.
   S. Honor Guard Members: Members must achieve qualification as an
Honor Guardsman and be designated by the Commanding Officer.
   T. Independent Duty (CSO) (140, 110, & 87 cutters CS-17 Competency
Code): Members are authorized SDAP upon reporting for duty in an
eligible billet on a 140, 110, or 87 cutter. The member must acquire
the CS-17 competency code within one year of their reporting date.
If the member does not acquire the CS-17 competency code within one
year of their reporting date, SDAP will be suspended until the CS-17
competency code is authorized by the CS rating force master chief.
   U. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Maritime Infrastructure Protective
 Force Training Advisory Group (MIPFTAG): In order to receive SDAP,
enlisted members must be assigned to this training, and possess the
array of training qualifications and credentials necessary to train
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia personnel in Maritime Security Force strategy
and tactics. A member will have SDAP will be suspended if they are
absent from the unit for greater than 30 days (not including TDY),
upon PCS departure from MIPFTAG, detached from duty Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, or at any time when the MIPFTAG Program Manager determines
the member no longer requires SDAP.
   V: MLEA High-Risk Training (HRT) Instructors & MLEA Training Safety
Officers (TSO): Must maintain current qualifications/ certifications
and be certified by the unit Commanding Officer in order to
maintain their eligibility for SDAP.
   W. MSRT Advanced Interdiction (AI) Boat Crew Members (BCM): Member
is authorized SDAP upon qualification/ certification from the unit
Commanding Officer.
   X. MSRT Deployable Team Leader (DTL): Member is authorized SDAP
upon qualification/ certification from unit Commanding Officer.
   Y. MSRT Tactical Operators (MSRT-TO): Member is authorized SDAP
upon qualification/certification from unit Commanding Officer.
   Z. MSST Deployable Team Leaders: Must be fully qualified and
serving as a designated Team Leader.
   AA. MTB Deployable Team Leaders and Members: Members must be
serving in a designated team leader or team member billet with command
approved qualification and must deploy at least 175 days per year.
   BB. National Strike Force Response: Members must be serving in a
NSF response billet on the PAL, fulfill the appropriate qualifications
for response member (RM), response technician (RT), or response
supervisor (RS), and be designated in writing by Commanding Officer of
the respective unit.
   CC. Non-Compliant Vessel (NCV) Pursuit:
      (1) Coxswain Ashore: Member must be serving at a MLE-designated
Station and routinely serve in the unit rotational watch schedule as
certified NCV coxswain.
      (2) Mission Commander, Coxswain and Crewman Aboard CG Cutters:
Member must be a qualified NCV pursuit coxswain or boat crewmember,
must routinely serve in the unit rotational watch schedule for NCV
pursuit purposes, and SDAP is authorized only when the cutter is
under the tactical control of D7, D8, D11 or JIATF South. SPO and
cutter YNs need to pay particular attention to the start/stop dates
of entitlement as this is a major source of administrative error and
overpayment. NCV crews assigned to Fast Response Cutters (FRC) are
entitled to SDAP when operating under the tactical control of D7, D8,
D11, JIATF South or a subordinate unit of those.
   DD. Officer Candidate School (OCS) Company Chief: Must be an E-7.
Must meet the Special Assignments criteria outlined in Article 1.E.2A
of REF (B). Must be a graduate of the CPOA or a Senior DOD Leadership Academy.
   EE. Officer in charge (OIC):
      (1) OIC ashore: Member must meet the qualification requirements
for being assigned as an OIC ashore and serving in a billet designated
as an OIC ashore billet on the PAL.
      (2) OIC afloat: Member must meet the qualification requirements
for being assigned as an OIC afloat and serving in a billet designated
as a cutter OIC on the PAL.
      (3) SDAP is authorized concurrently to a fully qualified acting
OIC afloat or ashore, and the permanently assigned OIC in his/her absence
for a period of at least 30 consecutive days, but not more than 90 days.
After 90 days of absence, SDAP shall be terminated for the permanently
assigned OIC, and the acting OIC will be the sole SDAP recipient for that
billet until no longer serving as the acting OIC.
   FF. Precision Marksman – Aviation (PM-A): Must be fully certified as an
aviation gunner in a deployable billet. Certification must be designated
in writing by the Commanding Officer. 
   GG. Rating Force Master Chief (RFMC): SDAP is started the day the member
reports for duty to an eligible billet. SDAP entitlement ends when the
member is relieved of duty for any misconduct, and as required upon detachment.
   HH. Recruit company commander, section commander, and battalion
commander: Member must serve in a billet designated on the PAL, or be
temporarily assigned to a surge billet for at least 30 consecutive
days, satisfactorily complete the in-house training program at TRACEN
Cape May, and be designated by the Commanding Officer.
   II. SMTC/SMTD High-Risk Training (HRT) Instructors: Members must
maintain current qualifications/certification and complete the HRT
instructor certification in order to maintain their eligibility
for SDAP. Final approval for designation determined by the unit
Commanding Officer.
   JJ. Surfman Qualified: Member must be serving in a surfman billet or
stationed at a surf station and routinely serve in the unit rotational
watch schedule as a certified operational surfman.
   KK. TACLET Deployable Team Leader: Must be certified and designated
by Commanding Officer.
   LL. TACLET Tactical Operator (TO): Must be certified and designated
by Commanding Officer.
   MM. Tactical Certified Coxswain: Tactical Coxswains must meet all
requirements for a Coxswain on this boat type and additionally perform
operations associated with the Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security (PWCS)
mission. This mission includes multi-boat escorts/security zones, and
tactical boat maneuvering (shadow, intercept, herding, and shouldering).
Must complete Tactical Any/Type PQS, and be certified by Commanding Officer/
Officer in Charge as a Tactical COXN.
   NN. White House President (EOC): Member must be qualified as a PEOC watch
non-commissioned officer.
   OO. White House Situation Room Team Member: Member must be assigned
to the White House Situation Room.
6. Reservists performing any type of duty, including active duty for
training (ADT), Inactive Duty Training (IDT), Active Duty Operational
Support (ADOS), and Involuntary Recall, are entitled to SDAP on a prorated
basis. Member must meet the eligibility requirements listed above.
7. SDAP eligibility terminates the day before the member departs PCS
from a designated billet, the date the member is removed from duty by
competent authority (e.g., relief for cause), or once the member is
no longer qualified (e.g., does not complete four watches during a
month as a Rescue Swimmer or deployed TDY for 14 days as a Rescue
Swimmer or any combination of both during the month, does not meet or
is not expected to meet the 175 days deployment, TDY, etc.). 
Additionally, SDAP terminates the day a member departs a unit with no
expectation of return prior to separation or retirement (e.g., leave,
retirement processing point, or permissive orders).
8. The FY19 SDAP panel (to determine FY19 SDAP authorizations) will
convene in May 2018. Additional info will be announced in a separate
ALCOAST message.
9. COs shall notify their SPOs of member SDAP eligibility including
certifying the documentation for reservist ADT or ADOS orders. SPOs
shall submit the proper Direct Access input to commence/terminate
SDAP payment as appropriate.
10. REF (C) outlines SDAP policy. Questions about SDAP eligibility should be
directed to the appropriate HQ program manager. For questions regarding
SDAP policy contained in REF (C), contact COMDT (CG-1331) at
HQS-PolicyandStandards@uscg.mil.
11. RDML A. S. McKinley, Acting Director of Reserve and Military Personnel, sends.
12. Internet release is authorized.