| Member Inactive Duty Service Start Date-Time | | Description | Member Inactive Duty Service Start Date-Time is the calendar date and time of day in which a DoD Military Service member's inactive duty(ID) Service period begins.
Usage
Member Inactive Duty Service Start Date-Time is used to document the calendar date and time of day in which a DoD Military Service member's inactive duty (ID) Service period begins. Member Inactive Duty Start Date-Time is also used to determine eligibility to specific pay and allowances.
Inactive Duty (ID) Service consists of Inactive Duty Training (IDT), Muster Duty (MD) and Funeral Honors Duty (FHD).
Inactive Duty Training (IDT) [is] Authorized training performed by members of an RC not on AD, and performed in connection with the prescribed Activities of the RC of which they are a member. It consists of regularly scheduled unit training periods, additional IDT periods, and equivalent training. The primary purpose of IDT is to provide individual and/or unit readiness training. IDT shall be used to provide structured individual and/or unit training, or educational courses, other than correspondence courses, to RC members. Support to Mission requirements, i.e., operational support, may occur as a consequence of performing IDT. Paid IDT periods shall not be less than 4 hours. No more than two IDT periods may be performed in any calendar day. IDT periods for retirement points only (without pay) shall not be less than 2 hours, with a maximum of two points Authorized in any one calendar day.
Muster Duty (MD) shall be considered equivalent to IDT, except for pay, and shall include a minimum of 2 hours at the muster site. MD shall not be performed for more than 1 day, including travel, each calendar year.
Funeral Honors Duty (FHD) shall include a minimum of 2 hours of duty during a day, including travel, for the performance of duty and/or preparation/training for duty. No more than one FHD period shall be performed in a day. A DoD Military Service member accrues Service credit for this duty. This duty may be performed in either a pay or non-pay status. | |