PAAN 02-15 - Basic Allowance for Subsistence During Unit Deployment Program (CANCELLED)

Status

CANCELLED. This advisory notice has been cancelled. The entry remains in the citations registry for traceability of older content that cited it. Do not act on the operative paragraphs below as current policy. Verify the current BAS during UDP rule through DODFMR Vol 7A and the active MARADMIN or PAA on Essential Unit Messing.

Scope

PAAN 02-15 (also labeled RPAAN 2-15) clarified the entitlement to Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) during the Unit Deployment Program (UDP). The notice directed that the Marine Corps UDP is Essential Unit Messing (EUM), citing DODFMR Vol 7A. Under EUM, members are charged for meals whether eaten or not, with no exception by pay grade.

Audience

• IPAC pay clerks adjudicating BAS during UDP.
• S-1 desks issuing meal cards.
• 0102, 0111, and 0170 admin specialists.
• Commanders supervising deployed officer and enlisted meal entitlements.

Operative paragraphs from the source

1. This message is labeled PAAN 2-15 and RPAAN 2-15 for ID purposes.
2. The purpose is to provide clarification to the entitlement to Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) during Unit Deployment Program (UDP).
3. Background. Administrative units have followed a long-standing practice of not checking an officer for meals while on UDP. Officers in a UDP status have traditionally been permitted to conduct a pay-as-you-go practice in government dining facilities. Some units issued officers a meal card without conducting a checkage of government meals. Current regulations direct that the Marine Corps UDP is Essential Unit Messing (EUM). DODFMR Vol 7A directs that members under Essential Unit Messing are charged for meals whether eaten or not. The regulation is not specific to pay grades.
4. Required actions. All personnel (officers and enlisted) previously issued meal cards will have a BAS checkage conducted via Unit Diary effective the date the meal card was issued. Enlisted personnel will have a DMR checkage reported. Officers will have a Field Duty Rations checkage reported. Officers currently on UDP without a meal card will have a meal card issued on 1 August 2015 with a corresponding Field Duty Rations checkage.
5. Widest dissemination of this information requested.
6. This message has been coordinated with HQMC MCAAT, MI, MISSA, MPO, MPP, and RFF-KCI.

Connection to higher policy

• DODFMR Vol 7A. Essential Unit Messing entitlement rules.
• Marine Corps UDP Program. Essential Unit Messing designation.
• MCTFSPRIUM. Unit Diary reporting codes for DMR checkage (enlisted) and Field Duty Rations (officer).

Source

Released R 202000Z Jul 15 by CMC Washington DC RF (HQMC PR RFF Policy). POC at release was CWO5 Doug Hoelscher, (703) 432-9810, DSN 378. Coordination with HQMC MCAAT, MI, MISSA, MPO, MPP, RFF-KCI. Citation entry marked CANCELLED per SME notification 2026-05-22.