Compare that to leave, which must be applied for, approved, and may require advance notice and planning to use, especially when having one person out for the duration of the leave period might affect mission operations in the meantime. A Regular Pass starts after normal working hours and stops at the beginning of normal working hours the next duty day. It can include non-duty days including weekends and holidays. No combination of non-duty days and a public holiday may exceed four total days.
Commanders grant special passes for compensation time, reenlistment, and special recognition. A Special Pass may be for 3- or 4-day periods. Special passes are not combined with regular pass or holiday periods when the combined period of continuous absence exceeds the 3- or 4-day limitation. Special passes may not be combined with leave. Like Regular Passes, Special Pass periods begin the hour the member departs from work and end when the member returns to duty.
Connect With Us facebook instagram pinterest twitter youtube. Close Modal. Related Articles. However, personnel may combine special liberty and leave without a duty day between liberty and leave periods. Leave is paid vacation from duty for recreation and relief from the pressures of job-related duties. It depends on whether the disability is work related or not.
If work related usually 1 year. The sailor must be able to return to their command if recalled during that time. There is something called an out of bounds chit, but the details on those vary by command and the sailor's situation. All federal holidays are liberty days, unless the sailor has duty.
Easter is not a federal holiday. You get one or the other; you can't take that three day liberty weekend and stretch it into leave on Tuesday through Friday after. Nope, leave would start on the Friday before. Some commands allow sailors to check out on the phone, but school commands never do so.
Boot camp At PIR that's different, SOME sailors must go check in or get on a plane to their new command immediately, others have Cinderella Liberty where they must check back in at a certain time.
Used to be that others had unrestricted liberty and could stay off base for the entire three days but that policy is NOT in effect anymore. F or Christmas Eve graduations, the divisions do get to take leave, the procedure will be explained to them in boot camp. For those in boot camp over the holidays, they will have a nice dinner, maybe with a church group, and will have a relaxed routine.
The Adopt A Sailor program only applies to those close to graduation and is subject to change year by year. When a sailor goes in the hole with leave days, if something happens later on before they earn the leave days back it will be hard to go on leave. Also if the sailor does not earn the leave days back prior to transferring to their next command they will NOT be allowed to go on leave between "A" school and their fist duty station.
New : Thanksgiving PIR liberty for Wednesday graduations: For those staying in Great Lakes, they will check into TSC barracks on Wednesday afternoon, then have all day liberty on the holiday and weekend, returning each evening. Technically Friday is not a holiday, but any duty would be unusual. Departure will usually be on Friday, with a few going on Saturday depending on flight availability.
A school There is sometimes leave after A school, which depends on the next reporting date for C school or the new PCS orders. This is often a time when if a sailor has gone in the hole on holiday leave, they will not get this leave granted. Now and then sailors on hold waiting for orders are allowed to take leave, but this is very much on a case by case basis and not to be expected.
Liberty is subject to duty status, if a sailor is on duty, they must remain on base and must muster roll call several times a day, and possibly stand watches think guard duty on the quarterdeck. As a sailor goes through A school, they may earn more privileges and have more liberal liberty policies, such as wearing civilian clothes. Sailors must have a liberty buddy a group of three is the latest I have heard to leave the base at Great Lakes, or be checked out by immediate family. Great Lakes A school liberty policy other training commands have the same policy, more or less :.
C school No leave during C school except for the holiday stand down, but possible before or after. Possibly the liberty buddy is in effect, but it may depend on paygrade. The fleet A sailor may have leave on the books, up to 60 days, but if the ship needs him, he can't take leave. MOST of the time, sailors are encouraged to use their 30 days The more senior sailors may get the better dates. When a sailor changes commands, a PCS move, that is generally when leave can be taken also.
A member who is unable to report to duty upon expiration of leave because of illness or injury must advise the leave approving authority. If desired, the member can revert to leave status when released from the hospital.
However, this requires a new leave form and authorization number. Unless a competent authority excuses a member, the member must be available for duty by on the last day of leave. Failure to return by the day after the last day of leave is an unauthorized absence and can constitute AWOL except when the absence is unavoidable.
An individual may ask for and receive an extension of leave only when the situation warrants it and military requirements permit it.
The individual should ask for the extension well enough in advance to allow a timely return to duty if the proper authority does not grant the extension. To make a reasonable decision on short notice, the request must include a specific reason for the extension, period desired, status of leave account, and expiration of term of service ETS.
DoD Directive Regular Leave. Normally, members request leave, as accruing earning , within mission requirements. Advance Leave. If a member separates , reenlists or retires earlier than planned, he or she must reimburse the Government for any advance leave that becomes excess.
Advance leave is appropriate for urgent personal or emergency situations and for leave en route during PCS or TDY but cannot be more than the minimum amount of time needed. Many commanders will not approve advanced leave except in cases of emergency.
Convalescent Leave. Convalescent leave is an authorized absence normally for the minimal time needed to meet the medical needs for recuperation. This is not chargeable leave. When a member elects civilian medical care at personal expense determined by a military physician to be a medical procedure considered as elective by military MTF authorities, such as cosmetic surgery, members must use ordinary leave for all absences from duty, including convalescence.
When medical authorities determine a medical procedure is necessary, such as childbirth, and the member elects civilian medical care , the commander, upon the recommendation of a military doctor, may grant convalescent leave.
Emergency leave is chargeable leave granted for personal or family emergencies involving the immediate family. Unit commanders approve emergency leave, although commanders can delegate leave approval to no lower than the first sergeant for enlisted personnel in some of the services. However, when the official granting leave has reason to doubt the validity of an emergency situation, he or she may request assistance from the military service activity nearest the location of the emergency or, when necessary, from the ARC.
The initial period is usually for no more than 30 days unless the member has a negative leave balance in which case the commander considers only that which is absolutely necessary to take care of the emergency situation. If the individual needs an extension while on emergency leave, he or she must contact the unit commander or first sergeant for some of the services for approval. Unit commanders advise members to apply for a humanitarian or exceptional family member reassignment or hardship discharge if the leave period is more than 60 days.
If the member is assigned overseas, the military will usually arrange free transportation to and from the nearest CONUS state-side port. Further transportation is at the member's expense although the AMC will generally grant loans in Emergency Leave situations. Emergency leave is normally authorized in the following situations:. If the member does not have accrued leave, he or she can request the minimum amount of advance leave needed. Losing unit commanders normally approve up to 30 days en route leave with any PCS move if the leave does not interfere with port call flight to overseas assignment and duty reporting dates.
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