DoD Updates CY2026 Non-Foreign Overseas Per Diem Rates for Key Pacific Territories
The Department of Defense has published Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 332, revising non-foreign overseas lodging and subsistence rates for official travel to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S. possessions for Calendar Year 2026.
The Department of Defense has officially published Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 332 in the Federal Register, updating maximum per diem rates for official government travel to non-foreign overseas locations. The revision encompasses updated lodging and meal reimbursement thresholds across Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and American Samoa. The Calendar Year 2026 lodging rate review resulted in targeted rate adjustments across multiple locations in the Pacific territories to align federal travel compensation with shifting local market conditions.
For defense leaders and military department comptrollers, these per diem revisions directly shape operational execution costs and travel budget allocations within critical strategic theaters. As the Pentagon accelerates its force posture shifts and infrastructure modernization across the Indo-Pacific—particularly through high-tempo construction and stationing initiatives in Guam and the Second Island Chain—civilian engineers, program managers, and technical specialists will be deployed extensively under these updated rates. Accurate rate alignment ensures military services avoid travel funding shortfalls while enabling precise operations and maintenance expense forecasting.
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