### Question
What does personnel tempo mean?


### Answer
**Personnel tempo** has the following meaning in *10 U.S.C. § 487*:

> the amount of time members of the armed forces are engaged in their official duties, including official duties at a location or under circumstances that make it infeasible for a member to spend off-duty time in the housing in which the member resides when on garrison duty at the member's permanent duty station

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 487*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART I-ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS > CHAPTER 23-MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES AND REPORTS**

