Korea Area Incentive Program
- Korea Area Incentive Program
The Korea Area Incentive Program or KAIP (called by its initials K-A-I-P) is a system which gives members of the U.S. military an incentive pay for voluntarily extending their tour of duty in the Republic of Korea.
Reasons
A typical tour of duty in South Korea is unaccompanied and 1 year in duration. This provides for a number of problems involving unit and mission continuity as people are constantly coming, being trained, training their replacements, and then leaving. The KAIP is a chance for the member to receive extra money in exchange for staying for 2 years instead of 1.
Terms
KAIP typically pays a member $300 (taxable) extra per month for every month that they are in Korea. Over a 2 year tour, this can amount to an extra $7,200. Some units may allow a member to renew KAIP for a third year. Typically, if a member gains accompanied status (called command sponsorship), then their regular tour is extended to 2 years. If they sign up for KAIP then it becomes a 3 year tour.
Some services require the member to accept or decline KAIP before they actually PCS. Others allow the member the option of signing up after they have been in Korea no more than 3 months. In that case the KAIP money goes into effect upon signing.
Controversy
The KAIP, also known as AIP for short, has been called the "Avoid Iraq Pay" by some troops. This is because many soldiers accepting the KAIP seek to avoid a PCS out of Korea, most likely to a unit which will soon deploy to Iraq. Although the soldiers are still technically deployed, they do not have to put with the hardship and dangers of being deployed to an actual combat zone.
ee also
*United States Military Pay
*Leave and Earnings Statement
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