ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTION 29
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NCENTIVE AND HONORARY AWARDS PROGRAM
Originating Component: Office of the Director of Administration and Management
Effective: August 10, 2018
Change 1 Effective: February 24, 2022
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the DoD Issuances Website at
https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Reissues and Cancels: Administrative Instruction 29, “Incentive and Honorary Awards
Program,” July 1, 1999, as amended
Approved by: Barbara A. Westgate, Director, Washington Headquarters Services
Change 1 (Administrative)
Approved by: Christopher R. Choate, Chief, Directives Division
Purpose: This issuance, in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5110.04 and DoD
Instruction 5025.01:
• Implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for the Incentive and Honorary
Awards Program, in accordance with Chapters 21, 43, and 45 of Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.),
Part 451 of Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and Volume 451 of DoDI 1400.25.
• Provides procedures for Time Off Awards (TOAs).
• Prescribes procedures for processing monetary awards for suggestions, inventions, and scientific
achievements to Service members covered by this issuance, in accordance with Section 1124 of Title 10,
U.S.C.
