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Soldiers recharge with Army’s mid-tour leave program
Contingency operating base adder, iraq, courtesy story, 3rd armored brigade combat team, 4th infantry division.
Story by: Sgt. David Dasilma CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq – There is a special time during a deployment every Soldier anticipates. If one were to listen to the conversations around Task Force Blackjack, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, he or she would hear plenty of chatter pertaining to the second greatest time of a deployment: Environmental Morale Leave. While it remains second to redeployment, EML is one of the most talked about items among deployed Soldiers. Hot topics include foods they will eat, the people they will see, and the adventures they are planning. EML is a special privilege and helps keep morale high in TF Blackjack. The EML Program, mandated by U.S. Central Command, was implemented in 2003. The program was initiated to provide eligible service members and Department of Defense civilians serving in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom an opportunity for rest and recuperation and to aid with temporary family reintegration. This leave is unique from the previous tours. On April 8, it became non-chargeable, meaning Soldiers do not use accrued leave, a provision that only applies to those deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. “If I had to use up 15 days of chargeable leave for EML, I wouldn’t have enough left over to take post-deployment block leave, or I’d have to go in the hole,” said Pfc. Jason Dudley, Blackjack aid station medic from Seattle. In addition to non-chargeable leave, Soldiers do not pay for airline expenses to their destination, a provision that falls under the Fully Funded Onward Movement Program, implemented on January 1, 2004. Spc. Lester Burgard, a medic with 4th Sqdn., 10th Cav. Regt. from Mountain Grove, Miss., is a second-time deployer who appreciates the new policy. “I had a lot of fun on leave. I got to hang out with my old friends, relax, and eat great food,” Burgard said. “What’s cool is that last deployment it was chargeable, and now it’s not.”
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Transition Leave Overview
Document AR 600-8-10, Leave and Pass Administrative Absences, governs leave. Transition leave is ordinary leave chargeable to the Soldiers accrued leave account and granted together with transition from the service, to include retirement.
At retirement, the leave you have accrued through your retirement date may be sold (limit of 60 days per career), used as transition leave, or split between these two options. You must decide what is best for you. Because it is difficult to cancel an approved retirement, it is best to decide your course of action before submitting your retirement request. The following factors may affect your decision:
- After 20 years of service, each additional month you serve on Active duty provides an additional retired pay multiplier of 1/12th of 2-1/2 percent for those under the Final Basic Pay or High-3 formulas, or 1/12th of 3.5 percent, for those under CSB/REDUX.
- You must retire on the 1st day of a month unless you retire for disability.
- Each day of leave can be sold back for basic pay only.
- Accrued leave paid in a lump sum is automatically taxed at the 25 percent rate.
- Service Members are not permitted to begin employment while in permissive TDY status.
- Service Members MAY work while on transition leave, even for the federal government.
- Soldiers retiring for disability may have their retirement dates moved back to allow using any transition leave they are unable to sell back due to the 60-day limit.
The purpose of transition PTDY is to allow Soldiers to participate in pre-separation job search and house hunting activities that facilitate relocation or transition of the Soldier to civilian life.
Soldier must have a need to relocate or conduct job search activities during the requested transition PTDY. If neither of these activities are necessary (for example, the Soldier already has secured a job, and the Soldier will continue to reside in the same residence with no prospect of moving) then transition PTDY is not appropriate.
With your commander's approval, you may receive 20 or 30 days of permissive TDY (based on your geographical location (CONUS/OCONUS)) to conduct job search and house hunting activities. Permissive TDY is a non-chargeable leave granted in addition to any authorized ordinary leave. Transition PTDY may be used in increments (not to exceed days authorized); may be taken in a series of trips in conjunction with transition leave (must have a duty day between transition leave and PTDY); or maybe taken in its entirety in conjunction with transition leave (e.g. Soldier elects to take transition PTDY, with full 20/30 days as one trip; starting transition leave on the next day).
Annual Leave: Except during the period 1 OCT 08 thru 30 SEP 13, Service Members may not carry forward more than 60 days of leave into the next Fiscal Year (FY). From 1 OCT 08 thru 30 SEP 13, Service Members may carry forward up to 75 days of leave. Any leave accumulated in excess of 75 days is lost at the end of the FY unless it was accumulated when entitled to Special Leave Accrual (SLA).
Under Special Leave Accrual authority, Service Members may accumulate, during the period 1 OCT 08 thru 30 SEP 13, a maximum of 120 days of leave (75 days ordinary leave plus 45 days SLA). Any leave accumulated in excess of 120 days is lost at the end of the Fiscal Year. Outside of 1 OCT 08 thru 30 SEP 13, a maximum of 90 days of leave (60 days ordinary leave plus 30 days SLA) can be carried forward. For practical purposes, only leave accumulated before deployment plus leave earned during deployment (not to exceed 120 days total) is protected by SLA. Leave earned after deployment is not protected. SLA protection ends when the accumulated leave balance drops to 75 days or less. The actual leave balance carried forward into succeeding fiscal years is the lowest monthly leave balance after completion of SLA duty. Leave and Earnings Statements (LESs) show SLA days in the Remarks section. Except under Sell Back provisions, SLA days cannot be sold. Soldiers must plan accordingly to avoid losing leave before separation from the service.
SLA Sell Back is an additional one-time sell back of accrued leave authorized for Enlisted Soldiers only (does not apply to Officers). Under this provision, an Enlisted Soldier may elect a one-time leave sell back of up to 30 days leave accrued in excess of the 120 day SLA limitation. SLA Sell Back counts against the 60-day leave sell back limitation during a Soldier's military career.
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Mid-tour doesn't affect on-peninsula leave. Typically you can't take your Mid-tour within the first 2 months and last two months of your tour. And only like 20% of your unit can be on leave at a time. So try to plan your trip (s) in advance. The only guaranteed mid-tour is from a 365 deployment.
Often the "mid-tour" leave is seen as a milestone during deployments. Whether the leave is spent with the family back home, at an exotic locale, or simply on the couch at "Mom's" house, those 15 ...
This leave is unique from the previous tours. On April 8, it became non-chargeable, meaning Soldiers do not use accrued leave, a provision that only applies to those deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Steps to request leave together with consecutive overseas tour † 4-18, page 16 Section X Task: Requesting Reenlistment Leave, page 16 ... Steps to determine chargeable leave for absences after leave or pass termination date † 4-30, page 20 Chapter 5 Nonchargeable Leaves and Absences, page 21
Leave together with consecutive overseas tours • 4 - 8, page : 19. ... Calculating chargeable leave following death • 10 - 5, page : 47. Recalling Soldiers from leave • 10 - 6, page : 47: Managing leave during mobilization • 10 - 7, page : 47. Chapter 11: Leave Management, page : 48.
I feel like this is a dumb question, but do you get R&R after a 1 year short tour? I know the mid-tour is chargeable leave. I'm in Korea now and don't have much leave for a mid-tour AND to spend time at home before I go to Europe. I checked AFI 36-3003 and didn't see anything, but wanted to make sure before I gave up.
Special Leave Accrual (SLA): ... SMs in Afghanistan and Iraq are eligible for non-chargeable R&R leave. Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) ... tour completion. Tours lengths for Iraq and Afghanistan have not been established, but Soldiers who serve 9 continuous months in a TCS/TDY status, or 11 cumulative months (within a 24 month period), ...
Since the members are on a 365, they are authorized a mid tour- up to 30 days at the member's expense with chargeable leave taken. ... If a member is set to leave in October at 310 days, and has taken their mid tour of 20 days, would that make it so they actually only have 290 days towards the requirement, meaning they would NOT get the short ...
8 minute read • Feb. 17, 2023. As part of the military pay and benefits package, military service members earn 30 days of paid leave per year. You start at zero and for every month of military service, 2.5 days of leave get added to your leave account. It doesn't stop, but the most you can carry over from one fiscal year to the next fiscal ...
will be used for all chargeable and nonchargeable absences and as an emergency leave order when emergency leave travel is authorized to a soldier or soldier traveling with family members. (AR 310-10, Format 342 will be used only when a family member is traveling on emergency leave without soldier) (paras 12-19 and 12-20).
Soldiers should review their Leave and Earnings Statement regularly and bring any issues to their immediate supervisor. The two main types of leave are chargeable and nonchargeable. Chargeable ...
Taking a "mid-tour" is very common, you basically go home for a month in the middle of your tour. ... You can take parental leave, which is non-chargeable, to fly back during your tour to see your wife and kid. I did 3 tours in Korea and got my #1 choice after each one. Reply reply
Chapter 5 - Leave 8 Emergency Leave 8 Rest and Recuperation (R&R) Leave 8 Non-Chargeable Rest and Recuperation (NCR&R) Leave 8 Disposition of Unused Leave 8 Chapter 6 - Duty Types Inactive Duty Training (IDT) 8 Battle Assembly (BAs, drill type 11) 8 Additional Flight Training Periods (AFTP, drill type 31) 9
Under Special Leave Accrual authority, Service Members may accumulate, during the period 1 OCT 08 thru 30 SEP 13, a maximum of 120 days of leave (75 days ordinary leave plus 45 days SLA). Any ...
procedures on leave balances, lost leave, and cost of unused accrued leave payments. b. Heads of the DoD Components. The Heads of the DoD Components shall conduct leave. and liberty programs that comply with the policies herein to meet the stated objectives. c. Secretaries of the Military Departments. The Secretaries of the Military Departments, in
leave means unused leave remaining to the credit of an employee at the beginning of the leave year , 2.1.3. Reporting all leave taken , and . 2.1.3. Reporting accurate data on leave use and accruals in order to simplify the collection of leave-related debts and preparation of financial reports.
Step 2: Add miscellaneous expense portion to the transportation and per diem costs. Step 1: Calculate the per diem rate for each traveler at the standard CONUS per diem rate ($93/$51). Step 2: Multiply the per diem rate by the number of days (9). Step 3: Calculate MALT. Step 4: Add the MALT to the total per diem.
Volume. In accordance with the authority in Reference (), DoD Directive 1400.25 (Reference (b)), part 630 of Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (Reference (c)), and chapter 63 of Title 5, United States Code (Reference (d)), this volume reissues Volume 630 of this instruction (Reference (e)) to establish policy and implement leave policies for ...
4.1.5.13. Charge leave for leave periods such as those taken by members waiting for family members' passports or visas or for the outcome of humanitarian reassignment requests. 4.1.5.14. Combine ordinary leave with other types of leave unless specifically prohibited and treat the combination of leaves as one leave period.
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The real R&R program is very similar to a mid-tour. It is for people in the middle of long deployments. As I recall, it allows them to take free travel days to and from their leave location. ... R&R in the AFI is chargeable leave taken while on a deployment, what a unit allows you to take isn't AFI R&R, so it shouldn't be added to leaveweb as ...
b. Deferred COT leave travel must be performed prior to the completion of the new tour, unless deferral was due to Service member's assignment to a contingency operation. 9. IPCOT. Completion of an initial overseas tour, including voluntary extension(s). a. The full DoD area tour or PST must be completed before leave travel entitlement accrues.
I'm talking about being on a short tour, going home on a mid-tour to visit family in the USA, and then being charged 14 extra days of leave upon return to base to ROM. ... If we take leave knowing we will be forced to ROM on return, then that ROM is chargeable leave for us. People who go on leave without knowing they will be ROM'd on return are ...