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Deployment

When you get deployed overseas, you could be eligible for additional pay, allowances and leave as compensation for working in difficult conditions and being separated from family and friends. Answer questions if you want to see what you may be entitled to

Deployment Allowances

Serving in the Armed Forces can result in you working away from home for some time and in difficult conditions. We have a number of allowances to compensate you. 

  • No eligibility information available

    Longer Separation Allowance

    If you’re separated from your duty station or family home for an extended period of time, you could be eligible for Longer Separation Allowance

    • relocation
  • No eligibility information available

    Deployment Welfare Package

    The MOD provides a comprehensive support package to ensure your wellbeing when you’re deployed

    • health and welfare
    • deployment
  • No eligibility information available

    Operational Allowance

    If you work in certain dangerous operational locations, you could receive Operational Allowance as compensation

    • deployment
  • No eligibility information available

    Campaign Continuity Allowance

    If you are assigned to a specified campaign continuity post, you will receive this allowance

    • deployment
  • No eligibility information available

    Unpleasant Work Allowance

    If you work in conditions that involve an exceptional degree of discomfort or fatigue, you could receive this allowance as compensation

    • deployment
  • No eligibility information available

    Mine Countermeasures Vessels Environmental Allowance

    If you serve on a Mine Countermeasures Vessel you may be eligible for this allowance to compensate for the extra hardships you face

    • deployment

Deployment Expenses

There are extra costs you can incur while being deployed. We help you to cover some of them to reduce the hassle as much as possible.

  • No eligibility information available

    Refund of Foreign Currency Exchange Costs

    Have you had to buy foreign currency from a commercial source while travelling on temporary duty overseas? You could claim back charges that you incurred

    • deployment
    • overseas
    • travel
  • No eligibility information available

    Service Risks Insurance Premium Refunds

    Certain insurance policies carry extra charges for members of the Armed Forces. You can use this benefit to claim back a contribution to the extra cost

    • deployment
  • No eligibility information available

    Overseas private vehicle provision

    Get help with the costs of accessing a private vehicle when permanently assigned to or from an overseas location

    • No eligibility information available

      Council Tax Relief

      If you’re on a qualifying assignment or operation, you could claim a contribution towards your Council Tax payments

      • accommodation
      • deployment
      • overseas

    Special Leave

    With hard work when deployed comes a reward in the form of special leave time so you can recharge your batteries. See below how being deployed will come paired with extended periods of leave.

    • No eligibility information available

      Seagoers Leave

      Seagoer’s Leave compensates you for the separation from family and friends when you are serving in a seagoing unit.

      • No eligibility information available

        Rest and Recuperation Leave and Post Operational Leave

        If you've been on continuous operational service for four months or more, you could be eligible for time off to recover.

        • leave
        • overseas
        • deployment
        • health and welfare