The Department of War implemented increases in hostile fire pay and imminent danger pay for U.S. military members on Oct. 1, marking the first increase in the stipends since 2002.
A memorandum issued by Timothy Dill, assistant secretary of war for manpower and reserve affairs, increased hostile fire pay to $450 per month and imminent danger pay to $275 per month. Before the change, both hostile fire pay and imminent danger pay had been capped at $225 per month for 24 years.
“Our troops in harm’s way deserve compensation that reflects their risk. For the first time in over two decades, the Department of War is increasing Hostile Fire Pay and Imminent Danger Pay,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell wrote in an X statement on Thursday. …