If the 1st or 15th of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday the member is paid the first business day before.
The fiscal year 2010 president's budget request for a 2.9% military pay raise was consistent with this formula.
Beginning on 1 January 2002, all enlisted members receive full BAS, but paid for their meals (including those provided by the government).
Because BAS is intended to provide meals for the service member, its level is linked to the price of food.
Effective 1 October 2010, the Air Force authorized payment of BAS II to members at specific locations.
That raise was unusually low — the smallest percent change since the series began in 1975, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The president is empowered to suggest a lower or higher pay raise, which must be ratified by Congress, in extenuating circumstances like an economic crisis.
After an 11-year string of increases that slightly exceeded average private sector annual raises, Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick said that, "We actually think we have a surplus in terms of pay."
The Department of Defense announced increases in military housing allowances, family support programs, and child care and tuition assistance for military families in the 2011 budget request, many of which outpace the base pay increase.
A member may be eligible for some of the following pays depending on rating (MOS) and assignment (location and duty).