WASHINGTON - The
U.S. Defense Department has removed 15 countries from the list of those that
qualify military service members for imminent danger pay.
The
move announced Friday will save the military $108 million a year, Stars and
Stripes reported. The changes will take effect June 1.
East
Timor, Haiti, Liberia, Oman, Rwanda, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates,
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan were removed from the list. Another six countries and
their air space were also decertified: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Serbia and Montenegro.
The
Defense Department recertified 26 countries: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Burundi,
Chad, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Jordan,
Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Syria, Turkey, Uganda
and Yemen, plus the city of Athens in Greece, the Mediterranean Sea and the
Somalia Basin.
The
United States does not necessarily have military personnel stationed in areas
certified for imminent danger pay.
Nate
Christensen, a spokesman for the department, said the military spent $500
million in imminent danger pay in 2012.
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