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A service member must be receiving Hostile Fire/Imminent Danger Pay (HFP/IDP) and serving in a designated combat zone or in direct support of a combat zone for more than 30 consecutive days or for at least one day for each of three consecutive months. Designated SDP areas remain designated until the Undersecretary of Defense withdraws the designation or until the areas’ designation for Imminent Danger Pay terminates, whichever is first.
    
  • Effective 2 August 1990, members serving in the Persian Gulf Conflict to include the Arabian Peninsula to include the Persian Gulf (as defined by the Arabian Peninsula, the Strait of Hormuz, and that part of the Gulf of Oman which lies north of 25 degrees north latitude and 057-30 degrees east longitude), Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.

   

  • Effective 1 January 1996, members serving in Operation Joint Endeavor to include the Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia, Hungary, and the air space thereof, or the waters of the Adriatic Sea of North of 40 degrees North, plus forces operational control/tactical control to Supreme Allied Commander, Europe for the purpose of executing Operation Joint Endeavor.

   

  • Effective 1 January 1997, members serving in Operation Joint Guard and, effective 20 June 1998, members serving in Operation Joint Forge to include the total land area of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia, Hungary, and the airspace thereof, or the waters of the Adriatic Sea north of 40 degrees North.

   

  • Effective 1 November 2001, members serving in Operation Enduring Freedom to include the total land area of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan. The waters of the red sea, the gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea (portion north of 10 degrees North latitude and 68 degrees East longitude) or in the airspace thereof.

   

  • Effective 1 February 2003, members serving in Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom to include the total land area of the Arabian Peninsula to include the Persian Gulf (as defined by the Arabian Peninsula, the Strait of Hormuz, and that part of the Gulf of Oman which lies north of 25 degrees north latitude and 057-30 degrees east longitude), Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.