Benefits for military personnel

Housing for military personnel

For the purposes of this Law, family members of employees of special State bodies or military personnel include:

1) spouse;

2) a child (children) together or one of the spouses;

3) a joint or one of the spouses child (children) over the age of eighteen who became disabled before he (they) reached the age of eighteen.

They are provided with housing for the period of military service at the expense of the state.

Provision of housing for military personnel is carried out in accordance with the procedure provided for by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Housing Relations".

Medical care for military personnel
Medical support for military personnel in military medical institutions (organizations, divisions) is carried out at the expense of budgetary funds.

In the absence of military medical institutions (organizations, divisions) or relevant departments in them, specialists or special equipment at the place of military service or the place of residence of military personnel, medical care is provided to military personnel by health care entities:

1) within the guaranteed volume of free medical care in accordance with the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the health of the people and the healthcare system";

2) in the system of compulsory social health insurance in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On compulsory social health insurance".

Payment for the services of healthcare entities for the provision of medical care to military personnel specified in subparagraphs 1) and 2) of part one of this paragraph is carried out by the social health insurance fund.

Reimbursement of expenses of the social health insurance fund for the payment of services of healthcare entities for the provision of medical care to military personnel within the guaranteed volume of free medical care and in the system of compulsory social health insurance is carried out at the expense of budgetary funds provided to the authorized body in the field of healthcare.

Military personnel who are injured, concussed, injured, maimed or ill in the performance of military service duties are sent for sanatorium treatment at the expense of the Armed Forces, in the structure of which they undergo military service.

Conscripts and cadets of military educational institutions, if there are medical indications, are provided with sanatorium treatment at the expense of the state.

Social security of military personnel
All categories of military personnel for the performance of military service duties are provided with monetary allowances established on the basis of a unified system of remuneration for employees of bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, maintained at the expense of the state budget, approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in coordination with the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The monetary allowance includes monetary maintenance (official salary and salary according to military rank), allowances for special conditions of service and other allowances provided for by current legislation.

The official salaries of military personnel under the contract are determined taking into account the length of service.

The amounts of official salaries and salaries for military ranks of military personnel under the contract are set not lower than the amounts of official salaries of civil servants in the relevant positions and the amounts of additional payments for the corresponding special ranks and class ranks.

In case of absence of a serviceman without valid reasons in military service, the monetary allowance for the days of absence is not paid to him.

The procedure for payment of monetary allowances, allowances and other payments is established by the authorized bodies.

When performing combat missions for the search, transportation, neutralization and destruction of explosive objects and other explosive devices, military personnel are compensated in the amount of one monthly calculation index per day in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body.

Military personnel serving in positions related to the operation, storage of radioactive materials, sources of ionizing radiation, ultrahigh frequencies and (or) rocket fuel components, as well as temporarily involved in these works and works to eliminate the consequences of accidents at facilities related to the operation, storage of radioactive materials, sources of ionizing radiation, ultrahigh frequencies and (or) rocket fuel components, additional leave of up to twelve days per year is provided in proportion to the time actually worked.

Military personnel under the contract are paid monetary compensation in accordance with the procedure determined by the first heads of authorized bodies in the amount established by the law on the republican budget for the relevant financial year to pay for utility costs, with the exception of those living in closed and isolated military camps, at border outposts and commandant's offices.

Military personnel are provided with personal belongings at the expense of the state according to the norms approved by the first heads of authorized state bodies in coordination with the central authorized body for budget planning, and in accordance with the procedure determined by the first head of the authorized body.

Military personnel are provided with food according to the standards established by the first heads of authorized state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in coordination with the central authorized body for budget planning, in the following cases:

1) combat duty;
2) guard duty;
3) carrying a daily outfit;
4) participation in field trips (sea trips);
5) implementation of measures in case of storm preparedness in the places of deployment;
6) keeping watch at lighthouses;
7) performing underwater tasks (works);
8) skydiving;
9) following as part of a military echelon, a guard for the protection and escort of military cargo to the place of reception and back;
10) being hospitalized in military medical institutions (organizations);
11) placement in the guardhouse;
12) participation in a peacekeeping operation, as well as when traveling to and from the zone (area) of a peacekeeping operation.

Military personnel of the flight crew are provided with food for the duration of military service.

The engineering and technical personnel authorized to service aviation equipment and ensure flights are provided with food for the period of preparation and execution of flights.

Military personnel of the Armed Forces in military units of constant combat readiness in the positions of officers in the units of a platoon (group, calculation) and a company (battery, separate platoon, ship of the 4th rank), as well as in the positions of ordinary and non-commissioned personnel, are provided with meals (lunch) at the expense of the state on working days established by the regulations of service time.

Military personnel have the right to travel at the expense of the state by rail, air, water and road transport when moving through the service, dismissal from military service, when following inpatient treatment and back, as well as to transport up to ten tons of their own property when moving through the service and dismissal from military service.

In cases provided for by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Military Service and the status of military personnel", military personnel are reimbursed for other expenses for transportation through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and for postal items.

When military personnel are transferred under a contract related to moving from one locality to another at a distance of more than 100 kilometers (including as part of a military unit or subdivision), they are paid a lifting allowance in the amount of two months' salary for the serviceman himself and half a month's salary for each family member who moved with him.