Does a soldier have to pay for leave?

Christine Candelaria — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 19:32:58 -0500

Response by SGT Matthew S. made Jan 24 at 2018 8:08 PM

SGT Matthew S. — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:08:11 -0500

As in pay to receive leave? No, leave is accrued monthly at a rate of 2.5 days per month, if I recall correctly. When used (under the Commander's approval), it is essentially paid vacation.

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 24 at 2018 8:27 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:27:30 -0500

Christine Candelaria Good question. SGT Matthew S. is correct. You earn 2.5 days of vacation for each month served. A good benefit for serving.

Annual Leave: Active duty Soldiers earn 2.5 days of annual leave (vacation) for each month of service, for a total of 30 days per year. Currently, Soldiers can bank up to 60 days of leave at the end of the fiscal year.

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Jan 24 at 2018 8:40 PM

SGM Erik Marquez — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:40:30 -0500

Christine Candelaria I think we need some more info to assist.
If you mean pay for transportation while on leave the answer is, yes, and no..
If the member is overseas and taking regular leave, the service pays to get them to the stateside point of entrance, and the member pays to the final detestation.
If the member is deployed to a combat area, and is given environmental leave, they will be transported free of charge to the assigned duty station and sometimes a different place they desire to take leave......there are business rules that govern this and they are perishable so Id not want to say what is what today when my info is more than a year old.
So what we need to give specific help is the specific type of leave the member is tacking? Under what conditions? Regular? environmental from a deployed location? emergency?

Response by SSG Dale London made Jan 25 at 2018 12:36 AM

SSG Dale London — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:36:52 -0500

The only time I can imagine you would be required to pay for leave is if you were granted excess leave (for example, in an emergency) and you separated from service before you had accrued enough leave to make up for the advance. Otherwise, no.

Response by SSG Trevor S. made Jan 25 at 2018 9:59 AM

SSG Trevor S. — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 09:59:57 -0500

You pay for it when you get back and catch up on all the tasks left for your return! LOL
No you don't "pay" for leave, but you do have to pay your own vacation expenses ie... hotel, travel unless it is space-A, meals

Response by SGT David T. made Jan 25 at 2018 1:22 PM

SGT David T. — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:22:28 -0500

Sounds like the old military pay for leave from deployment scam.

Response by Tc Chapman made Jan 29 at 2018 5:30 PM

Tc Chapman — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 17:30:21 -0500

Would an injured soldier have to pay ?