Where did my leave days go after switching from Reserves to active duty?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 18:58:26 -0400

At the end of AIT, reserve soldiers are to sell leave days they have accrued at their time in training. When time came for my platoon to do so, something was wrong with the systems. We ended up just keeping them. For almost two years all of my Army reserve LES show 10.5 days accrued. I have now switched to active duty and my first active duty LES shows that they are all gone. Why is that? Who do I need to talk to, so I can fix it. I have my copays of last LES from reserve and first active LES. I have never took any leave.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 25 at 2019 8:24 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:24:57 -0400

Just talk with your S1

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 25 at 2019 8:25 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:25:47 -0400

I apologize for having to be the one to tell you this but, Unfortunately those days are gone. You cannot transfer leave accrued from reserve to Active Duty. One has nothing to do with the other and the leave should have been taken or lost a long time ago (someone in your reserve unit didn’t do their job right). There is no fix to this, you will have to accrue your days monthly earning 2.5 days a month.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 26 at 2019 10:26 AM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:26:53 -0400

SGT Private RallyPoint Member ,SFC Private RallyPoint Member is correct on this subject and your days are probably lost, however, it never hurts to ask for them to be returned, especially if you have supporting documentation. Upon returning from my last deployment, while I was out-processing, they discovered an extra 10 days that I had lost from a previous deployment and added those days into my terminal leave. It worked out for me during that one instance but I can't say it will ever work again for me or anybody else. Still, it never hurts to ask, you'll only be told no.