Dec. 23 Army message on leaves, passes was meant to clarify existing policy

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Dec. 23 Army message on leaves, passes was meant to clarify existing policy
By Patrick Dickson, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Army has clarified its policy on leaves and passes and the rules for taking them consecutively.

An Army MILPER message, #08-004, sent out Dec. 23 did not establish policy, but was intended to clarify existing policy.

On Jan. 9, Stars and Stripes published a story that said a new leave policy meant that soldiers who combined leave with special holiday passes would now see the entire period charged to them as annual leave.

Whenever training holiday days are granted with a federal holiday to make a four-day weekend it is considered a special pass.

Prior to April 2005, a soldier could not take leave in conjunction with a pass. They had to work a duty day in between or take leave for the whole period.


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