DODI 1304.27 - Award and Administration of Special Duty Assignment Pay (HISTORICAL)

Scope

DODI 1304.27 established DoD policy and procedures for the award and administration of Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP). The instruction was issued 10 April 2009 and reissued 22 April 2015. The instruction is HISTORICAL. DODI 1340.26 (Assignment and Special Duty Pays, effective 25 September 2017) incorporated and cancelled the 2015 version of DODI 1304.27 and combined AIP and SDAP under one DoD instruction.

Audience

S-1 officers and IPAC pay clerks reviewing legacy SDAP records or transactions predating 25 September 2017. The 1304.27 instruction remains useful for historical context on SDAP rate establishment, position assessment methodology, and program origins. Readers of older Marine Corps orders and portal pages citing the 1304.27 number.

Operative content

Portal usage evidenced in the repo.

• The MCO 7220.12R registry entry records the Marine Corps SDAP Program order as implementing DoDFMR Volume 7A Chapter 8, DODI 1304.27, and 37 USC 307 at the service level.
• The admin special and hazardous duty pay overview and the SDAP and AIP sub-page cite DODI 1304.27 beside DoDFMR Vol 7A Chapters 8 and 15 as the DoD SDAP framework.
• The Marine-facing SDAP page lists the 10 April 2009 instruction among its sources beside MARADMIN 628/20, MARADMIN 181/26, MCO 7220.12R, and Title 37 U.S.C. sections 307, 352, and 373.

Connection to higher policy

• 37 U.S.C. 307. Special Duty Pay statutory authority.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• MCO 7220.12R. Marine Corps SDAP Program, written against this instruction's framework.
• DODI 1340.26. The successor DoD instruction for both SDAP and AIP.
• DoDFMR Vol 7A Chapter 8. SDAP pay framework.

Status

HISTORICAL. The current DoD-level SDAP authority is DODI 1340.26 effective 25 September 2017. Cite DODI 1340.26 for active SDAP policy and procedure questions. Several portal pages still list DODI 1304.27 in their reference sections. Treat those listings as legacy framework references and verify current procedure against DODI 1340.26, DoDFMR Vol 7A Chapter 8, and MCO 7220.12R.