Posted on Dec 17, 2021
Has anyone heard of someone receiving a SSI-FWTS or “combat patch” for the Mexico border operations in the past couple years?
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Has anyone heard of someone receiving a SSI-FWTS or “combat patch” for the Mexico border operations in the past couple years?
Mexico
Border Patrol Agent
Combat Patch (SSI-FWTS)
Posted 3 y ago
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No. As of today, the United States (or the border area or Mexico) is not listed as:
a Combat Zone Tax Exclusion by the IRS
a country eligible for HFP/IDP in DoDFMR Vol 7a fig 10-1 or the current table on DFAS
https://www.dfas.mil/militarymembers/payentitlements/Pay-Tables/IDP-Areas/
these are the two requirements for the Army to approve an SSI-MOHC.
I think all of us here would enjoy hearing the story of the kid who is claiming they got an SSI-MOHC for the border mission, though.
a Combat Zone Tax Exclusion by the IRS
a country eligible for HFP/IDP in DoDFMR Vol 7a fig 10-1 or the current table on DFAS
https://www.dfas.mil/militarymembers/payentitlements/Pay-Tables/IDP-Areas/
these are the two requirements for the Army to approve an SSI-MOHC.
I think all of us here would enjoy hearing the story of the kid who is claiming they got an SSI-MOHC for the border mission, though.
Defense Finance and Accounting Service > MilitaryMembers > payentitlements > Pay Tables...
The official website of the Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS)
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This is not a thing. I have seen people make all types of claims about getting patches. If someone is claiming this, I would pull their ERB and scrub it to make sure they are wearing anything else that is fake.
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Yeah within his SRB under overseas/combat deployment he has a “6 month tour” to the US. First time I have seen this lol
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