Qatar is in a combat zone, furthermore, there may be exclusions in considering his pay. In general SSCRA is not denied to military members envoking it unless they are already represented by counsel.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/rules/Memo/05/011405.htm
ATTACHMENT 1
Combat Zone Tax Exclusion Areas
Executive Order 12744 (effective 17 Jan 1991)
-- Arabian Sea Portion that lies North of 10 degrees North Latitude and West
Of 68 degrees East Longitude
* Bahrain
* Gulf of Aden
* Gulf of Oman
* Iraq
* Kuwait
* Persian Gulf
* Qatar
* Oman
* Red Sea
* Saudi Arabia
* United Arab Emirates
Direct Support of EO 12744
* Turkey effective 1 Jan 2003
* Israel effective 1 Jan – 31 July 2003
* Eastern Med effective 19 Mar – 31 July 2003
* Jordan effective 19 Mar 2003
* Egypt effective 19 Mar – 20 Apr 2003
Executive Order 13239 (effective 19 Sep 2001)
* Afghanistan
Direct Support of EO 13239
* Pakistan effective 19 Sep 2001
* Tajikistan effective 19 Sep 2001
* Jordan effective 19 Sep 2001
* Incirlik AFB Turkey effective 21 Sep 2001
* Kyrgyzstan effective 1 Oct 2001
* Uzbekistan effective 1 Oct 2001
* Phillipines (only troops w/orders that reference OEF) effective 9 Jan 2002
* Yemen effective 10 Apr 2002
* Djibouti effective 1 Jul 2002
Executive Order 13119 (effective 24 Mar 1999)
Public Law 106-21 Establishing Kosovo as Qualified Hazardous Duty Area (24 Mar 1999)
* The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia/Monte*****)
* Albania
* The Adriatic Sea
* The Ionian Sea north of the 39th parallel
Public Law 104-117 Establishing a Qualified Hazardous Duty Area ( November 1995)
* Bosnia
* Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Macedonia
ATTACHMENT 2
CHAPTER 5—SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS
Release date: 2003-05-29
* § 301. Incentive pay: hazardous duty
* § 301a. Incentive pay: aviation career
* § 301b. Special pay: aviation career officers extending period of active duty
* § 301c. Incentive pay: submarine duty
* § 301d. Multiyear retention bonus: medical officers of the armed forces
* § 301e. Multiyear retention bonus: dental officers of the armed forces
* § 302. Special pay: medical officers of the armed forces
* § 302a. Special pay: optometrists
* § 302b. Special pay: dental officers of the armed forces
* § 302c. Special pay: psychologists and nonphysician health care providers
* § 302d. Special pay: accession bonus for registered nurses
* § 302e. Special pay: nurse anesthetists
* § 302f. Special pay: reserve, recalled, or retained health care officers
* § 302g. Special pay: Selected Reserve health care professionals in critically short wartime specialties
* § 302h. Special pay: accession bonus for dental officers
* § 302i. Special pay: pharmacy officers
* § 302j. Special pay: accession bonus for pharmacy officers
* § 303. Special pay: veterinarians
* § 303a. Special pay: health professionals; general provisions
* § 303b. Waiver of board certification requirements
* § 304. Special pay: diving duty
* § 305. Special pay: hardship duty pay
* § 305a. Special pay: career sea pay
* § 306. Special pay: officers holding positions of unusual responsibility and of critical nature
* § 306a. Special pay: members assigned to international military headquarters
* § 307. Special pay: special duty assignment pay for enlisted members
* § 308. Special pay: reenlistment bonus
* [§ 308a. Repealed.]
* § 308b. Special pay: reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve
* § 308c. Special pay: bonus for enlistment in the Selected Reserve
* § 308d. Special pay: enlisted members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high priority units
* § 308e. Special pay: bonus for reserve affiliation agreement
* [§ 308f. Repealed.]
* § 308g. Special pay: bonus for enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve
* § 308h. Special pay: bonus for reenlistment, enlistment, or voluntary extension of enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve
* § 308i. Special pay: prior service enlistment bonus
* § 309. Special pay: enlistment bonus
* § 310. Special pay: duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger
* [§ 311. Repealed.]
* § 312. Special pay: nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active service
* § 312a. Special pay: nuclear-trained and qualified enlisted members
* § 312b. Special pay: nuclear career accession bonus
* § 312c. Special pay: nuclear career annual incentive bonus
* [§ 313. Repealed.]
* § 314. Special pay or bonus: qualified enlisted members extending duty at designated locations overseas
* § 315. Special pay: engineering and scientific career continuation pay
* § 316. Special pay: foreign language proficiency pay
* § 316a. Waiver of certification requirement
* § 317. Special pay: officers in critical acquisition positions extending period of active duty
* § 318. Special pay: special warfare officers extending period of active duty
* § 319. Special pay: surface warfare officer continuation pay
* § 320. Incentive pay: career enlisted flyers
* § 321. Special pay: judge advocate continuation pay
* § 322. Special pay: 15-year career status bonus for members entering service on or after August 1, 1986
* § 323. Special pay: retention incentives for members qualified in a critical military skill
* § 324. Special pay: accession bonus for new officers in critical skills
* § 325. Incentive bonus: savings plan for education expenses and other contingencies