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Troops: Check new ‘use it or lose it’ rules to avoid forfeiting leave
Some troops could lose accrued leave after Sept. 30.
By Karen Jowers
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Silent drill platoon Marine shot and killed while home in Idaho on leave
Lance Cpl. Davis Mosqueda, 20, was at an apartment in Boise, Idaho, with a group of friends right before the shooting occurred, police say.
By Philip Athey
Here’s how sailors can use their special leave accrual through September 2023
Sailors who earned additional leave between March 11 and Sept. 30 can save up to 120 days in leave and have until Sept. 30, 2023, to use it.
Canceled spring break? Troops can now carry over up to 120 days leave this year, thanks to COVID-19 travel ban
The new policy, backdated to March 11, allows troops to accumulate more than the standard 60 days of leave ― though no more than 120 ― through September 30. They will have until Sept. 30, 2023 to use up that excess leave.
Air Force details how coronavirus travel restrictions will affect airmen
The movement restrictions cover all types of official travel, including permanent changes of station, temporary duty, and government-funded leave.
The Corps just updated its parental leave policy. Here’s what’s in it for you.
Marine fathers will be getting more paternity leave.
By Shawn Snow