DAFI 36-3012: MILITARY ENTITLEMENTS

DAFI 36-3012 — index record

Number	DAFI 36-3012
Title	MILITARY ENTITLEMENTS
Published	April 6, 2023
Certified current	October 24, 2023
Office of primary responsibility	AF/A1
Issued by	Headquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the index	Current
Last index action	UpdateContact, February 13, 2026
Source index	Air Force e-Publishing
Index last read	October 20, 2026

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Purpose, in the publication’s words

This instruction is re-designated as a Department of the Air Force Instruction (DAFI) and implements Department of the Air Force Policy Directive (DAFPD) 36-26, Total Force Development and Management, and AFPD 36-30, Military Entitlements. It provides guidance and procedures to ensure the Department of the Air Force (DAF) has the necessary mix of quality benefits and entitlements to recruit and retain high-quality people to meet DAF requirements. This publication applies to DAF civilian employees and all uniformed members of the Regular Air Force (RegAF), United States Space Force (USSF), Air Force Reserve (AFR), and Air National Guard (ANG) and dependents except where noted otherwise. Chapter 7 applies to all officers and enlisted personnel on extended active duty but does not apply to members of the AFR or ANG even when brought on active duty to fill a specific AFR or ANG manpower authorization at a predetermined location for a specified period of time (with the exception of paragraph 7.3.9.,

Summary of changes, as printed

This document has been substantially revised and must be completely reviewed. This interim change revises DAFI 36-3012, Military Entitlements, by (1) clarifying and updating the Strategic level roles and responsibilities for United States Space Force (USSF), (2) updating the Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP) roles and responsibilities and board membership for USAF and USSF, (3) adding USSF to Assignment Incentive Pay (AIP) roles and responsibilities, (4) updating continuation pay roles and responsibilities for AFPC Commander, (5) updating clothing allowance and roles and responsibilities to reflect USSF, (6) updating Transitional Compensation (TC) for Abused Dependents Roles and Responsibilities, Exceptional Eligibility and adding USSF references to Transitional Compensation for Abused Dependents, (7) updating SDAP guidance and procedure to reflect USSF, (8) updating Table 3.1. Conditions affecting eligibility for SDAP, (9) updating Air Reserve Component (ARC) incentive pay program, (10) updating administrative fixes to align with updated publishing guidance. A margin bar (|) indicates newly revised material.

Chapter 1—OVERVIEWp. 5
Chapter 2—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 6
Chapter 4—CONTINUATION PAYp. 30
Chapter 5—AIR RESERVE COMPONENT (ARC) INCENTIVE PROGRAMp. 32
Chapter 7—FAMILY MEMBER TRAVELp. 56
Chapter 8—TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR ABUSED DEPENDENTSp. 64
Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 70
Attachment 2—REGAF CLOTHING ALLOWANCEp. 82

All 56 contents entries

Chapter 1—OVERVIEWp. 5
1.1. Overviewp. 5
Chapter 2—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 6
2.1. Strategic Level Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 6
2.2. Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP) Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 7
2.3. Assignment Incentive Pay Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 11
2.4. Continuation Pay Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 12
2.5. AFR Incentive Program Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 13
2.6. ANG Incentive Program Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 14
2.7. Air Force and Space Force Clothing Allowance Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 16
2.8. Family Member Travel Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 16
3.1. SDAPp. 21
3.2. SDAP Guidance and Proceduresp. 22
3.3. Assignment Incentive Payp. 25
Chapter 4—CONTINUATION PAYp. 30
4.1. Continuation Payp. 30
4.2. Programp. 30
4.3. Policyp. 30
Chapter 5—AIR RESERVE COMPONENT (ARC) INCENTIVE PROGRAMp. 32
5.1. ARC Incentive Programp. 32
5.2. AFR Incentive Programp. 32
5.3. Obligation, Participation, and Agreement. (T-2)p. 32
5.4. Enlisted Incentive Types and Eligibility Criteria. (T-2)p. 33
5.5. Officer Accession Incentive. (T-2)p. 36
5.6. Officer Affiliation Incentive. (T-2)p. 36
5.7. Processing Incentive Applications. (T-2)p. 37
5.8. Processing Incentive Payments. (T-2)p. 37
5.9. Bonus Incentive Continuation Request. (T-2)p. 37
5.10. No availability. (T-2)p. 38
5.11. Withholding Incentivesp. 38
5.12. Incentive Recoupmentp. 39
5.13. Incentive Terminations. (T-2)p. 39
5.14. Incentive Reinstatement. (T-2)p. 40
5.15. ANG Incentive Program Overviewp. 40
5.16. Incentive Program Guidancep. 40
5.17. Incentive Program Exceptions to Policyp. 41
5.18. ANG Incentives and Program Administrationp. 41
5.19. ANG Termination and Recoupmentp. 42
6.1. Clothing Allowances for Air Force and Space Force Personnelp. 46
6.2. Principles and Special Considerations of Clothing Allowance Programsp. 46
6.3. Military Clothing Allowance Programp. 47
6.4. Civilian Clothing Allowance (CCA) Programp. 52
Chapter 7—FAMILY MEMBER TRAVELp. 56
7.1. Family Member Travelp. 56
7.2. Waivers and Recommended Changesp. 56
7.3. Family Member Travel Program Elementsp. 56
Chapter 8—TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR ABUSED DEPENDENTSp. 64
8.1. Transitional Compensation for Abused Dependentsp. 64
8.2. Applicability and Scopep. 64
8.3. Exceptional Eligibilityp. 64
8.4. Policyp. 65
8.5. Procedures:p. 65
8.6. Non-Paymentp. 68
8.7. Application Proceduresp. 68
Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 70
Attachment 2—REGAF CLOTHING ALLOWANCEp. 82

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