Can you take your Cr balance leave days back to back with transition/terminal leave days when you are ETSing? How does that all work?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:10:31 -0400

I’ve seen like 10 different answers, just trying to get a clear explanation for how you can maximize your leave to figure out housing arrangements/other things while ETSing. Especially since now they’re saying because of COVID19, soldiers can save up to 120 days of leave.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 17 at 2020 6:39 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:39:19 -0400

If you have 140 days of leave, you can take 140 days of terminal leave (120 is the carry over cap you can earn over that as long as you use the leave before the end of the fiscal year).

I took 74 days of terminal leave when I left Active duty to go to the reserve component.

Another method is to take your leave a few months prior to ETS and do all of your last 6 months in the DOD skill bridge program.

look it up

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 17 at 2020 1:29 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:29:45 -0400

Credit balance leave is simply the amount of leave you currently have. Transition leave is not a separate balance of leave. Where your LES says ETS leave, that simply means from today until the day you ETS accruing 2.5 leave days a month, that would be your total balance if Use/Lose does not come into play. Your ETS balance = Cr Balance + unearned leave to ETS.