[rosser]

I think your comment's parent was asking about what happens to your regular military pay, during your time as a PoW. That's what I read, anyway.

[dogma1138]

You keep getting it (at a different rate), you also keep getting it when you are declared MIA. You only stop getting paid when you are declared dead (or discharged), the former awards survivor benefits to your next of kin and or dependents.

http://myarmybenefits.us.army.mil/Home/Benefit_Library/Feder...