| Imminent
Danger Pay Service members qualify for imminent danger pay (IDP) of $225 per month if they are on duty outside the U.S. and are subject to physical harm or imminent danger due to wartime conditions, terrorism, civil insurrection or civil war. In some locations, IDP is paid only to land-based service members; in others, both land and the airspace above qualify. Certain bodies of water also qualify. In some locations, IDP is paid in addition to Hardship Duty Pay-Location. Areas that currently qualify for IDP: |
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| Afghanistan | land and airspace |
| Algeria | land |
| Azerbaijan | land |
| Bahrain | land and airspace |
| Burundi | land |
| Colombia | land |
| Cuba/Guantanamo Bay Detention Facilities | |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | land |
| Djibouti | land |
| East Timor | land |
| Egypt | land |
| Eritrea | land |
| Ethiopia | land |
| Greece | (within 20-kilometer radius from center of Athens) |
| Haiti | land |
| Indonesia | land |
| Iran | land |
| Iraq | land and airspace |
| Israel | land |
| Ivory Coast | land |
| Jordan | land |
| Kenya | land |
| Kosovo | land and airspace |
| Kuwait | land and airspace |
| Kyrgyzstan | land |
| Lebanon | land |
| Liberia | land |
| Malaysia | land |
| Montenegro | land and airspace |
| Oman | land |
| Pakistan | land |
| Philippines | land |
| Qatar | land and airspace |
| Rwanda | land |
| Saudi Arabia | land and airspace |
| Serbia | land and airspace |
| Somalia | land and airspace |
| Sudan | land and airspace |
| Syria | land |
| Tajikistan | land |
| Turkey | land |
| Uganda | land |
| United Arab Emirates | land |
| Uzbekistan | land |
| Yemen | land |
| Arabian Sea (north of 10 degrees N latitude, west of 68 degrees E longitude | sea |
| Gulf of Aden | sea |
| Gulf of Oman | sea |
| Persian Gulf | sea and airspace |
| Red Sea | sea |
| Somalia Basin | sea |
