ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
ROUTINE       
 
R 122050Z OCT 01 ZYB MIN PSN 384068J29
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N07220//
NAVADMIN 269/01
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/N1//
 
SUBJ/HOSTILE FIRE PAY//
 
REF/A/DOC/ASD(FMP)/25SEP2001//
 
REF/B/DOC/CONGRESS/17OCT1998//
 
REF/C/DOC/DOD/10APR1992//
 
REF/D/DOC/DOD/10FEB1999//
 
NARR/REF A IS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (FORCE MANAGEMENT
POLICY) (ASD(FMP)) MEMO OF 25 SEP 01.  REF B IS TITLE 37 U.S. CODE
SECTION 310.  REF C IS DOD INSTRUCTION (DODI) 1340.9.  REF D IS DOD
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION (DODFMR) VOLUME 7A.//
 
RMKS/1.  REF A CERTIFIES THAT AS A RESULT OF TERRORIST ATTACKS,
MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES AT THE PENTAGON AND THOSE AT THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK ON 11 SEP 01, ARE ENTITLED TO HOSTILE
FIRE PAY (HFP) FOR THE MONTH OF SEP UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF REFS B
AND C.  PER REF D, COMMANDERS, DIVISION DIRECTORS OF MAJOR STAFFS,
COMMANDING OFFICERS, OR OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF PERSONNEL DETERMINED
TO BE ELIGIBLE SHALL SUBMIT DOCUMENTATION THAT LISTS THOSE PERSONNEL
(BY NAME AND SSN) TO THEIR SERVICING DISBURSING OFFICE FOR PAYMENT.
CITE REF A AND THIS NAVADMIN AS AUTHORITY FOR CERTIFICATION OF
ELIGIBILITY.  PARAS 2 THROUGH 4 PROVIDE AMPLIFYING GUIDANCE TO
ASSIST IN MAKING DETERMINATIONS WRT NAVY MEMBERS WHO SHALL BE
CONSIDERED TO BE ELIGIBLE.
 
2.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ENTITLEMENT, "AT THE PENTAGON" IS CONSTRUED
TO MEAN THE PENTAGON BUILDING PROPER AND THAT PORTION OF THE
PENTAGON RESERVATION (INCLUDING ALL BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS, THE
"PENTAGON" METRO STATION AND BUS TERMINAL, THE PARKING LOTS, AND
ROADWAYS) THAT IS BOUNDED IN THE SOUTH BY INTERSTATE 395 (HOWEVER,
THE PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL UNDER THE INTERSTATE THAT LEADS FROM HAYNES
STREET VISITOR PARKING TO SOUTH PARKING SHALL BE INCLUDED), IN THE
WEST BY WASHINGTON BOULEVARD (HWY 27), AND IN THE EAST BY BOUNDARY
CHANNEL DRIVE.
 
3.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ENTITLEMENT, "AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER" IS
CONSTRUED TO MEAN THAT PART OF THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK
CITY THAT IS SOUTH OF CANAL STREET.
 
4.  ELIGIBLE PERSONNEL SHALL INCLUDE ANY ACTIVE DUTY NAVY MEMBER
(INCLUDING A NAVAL RESERVIST SERVING ON A PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY) WHO
WAS PHYSICALLY PRESENT ON 11 SEP 01 AT EITHER OF THE LOCATIONS AS
DESCRIBED IN PARAS 2 AND 3 ABOVE.  THIS INCLUDES NOT ONLY PERSONNEL
WHO WERE PHYSICALLY PRESENT AND PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED TO ANY OF THE
MILITARY ACTIVITIES LOCATED AT THESE SITES, BUT ALSO THOSE WHO MAY
HAVE BEEN PRESENT AS A RESULT OF CONDUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS (E.G.,
TAD, IN ATTENDANCE AT A MEETING, ETC.) OR WHOM WERE MERELY VISITING
THE LOCATIONS IN ORDER TO CONDUCT PERSONNEL BUSINESS (TAKING A TOUR,
OBTAINING AN ID CARD, ETC.).
 
5.  REFS A THROUGH C ALSO AUTHORIZE ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF HFP
TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO WERE AT THE PENTAGON OR WORLD TRADE CENTER (AS
DESCRIBED IN PARAS 3 AND 4) AND WERE INJURED, WOUNDED, OR KILLED AS
A RESULT OF THE HOSTILE FIRE.  ADDITIONALLY, THOSE WHO WERE
HOSPITALIZED FOR TREATMENT OF THEIR WOUNDS OR INJURIES ARE ENTITLED
TO BE PAID HFP FOR UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL MONTHS (I.E., OCT - DEC
01) OR FOR THE PERIOD OF HOSPITALIZATION, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
 
6.  POINT OF CONTACT IS CDR J. BUSCH, N130B, (703) 614-7797/DSN 224.
 
7.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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