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
- No eligibility information available
Deployment Welfare Package
The MOD provides a comprehensive support package to ensure your wellbeing when you’re deployed
- No eligibility information available
Operational Allowance
If you work in certain dangerous operational locations, you could receive Operational Allowance as compensation
- No eligibility information available
Campaign Continuity Allowance
If you are assigned to a specified campaign continuity post, you will receive this allowance
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
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