Captive / POW / MIA Entitlements

Air Force Reserve: Drilling

Benefit Fact Sheet

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Summary

Service members designated with Captive, Missing, or Missing in Action (MIA) status are entitled to receive the pay and allowances to which entitled when the status began or to which the service members later become entitled.

Eligibility

Air Force Reservists on drill status are not eligible for Captive / POW / MIA entitlements. Captive / POW / MIA status is designated to service members on person carrying a POW flag active duty who are determined to be Prisoners of War, Missing, Missing in Action, captured, interned in a foreign country, beleaguered or besieged by a hostile force, or detained in a foreign country.

Additional Information

VA American Former Prisoners of War website:
https://www.benefits.va.gov/persona/veteran-pow.asp

VA POW Fact Sheet:
https://www.benefits.va.gov/BENEFITS/factsheets/serviceconnected/formerpow.pdf

DoD 7000.14-R DoD Financial Management Regulation - Volume 7A: Military Pay Policy - Active Duty and Reserve Pay Chapters 24, 35, 36, 37 and 44:
https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/documents/fmr/Volume_07a.pdf

Document Review Date: 29 December 2023