Why are regular passes limited to 3 days when Army holiday weekends are often 4?

2017-11-30T22:41:05-05:00

It seems counterintuitive that a regular pass (one that doesn't grant duty-day days off) would conflict with the normal span of Army holiday weekends. Same issue with special passes... Why must there be two consecutive duty days? Why can't a Soldier who's earned two days off on merit take a Friday and a Monday off?

Response by SPC David Willis made Dec 1 at 2017 9:23 AM

2017-12-01T09:23:09-05:00

I bet they used to do 4 day passes, but some idiot took that to mean take 4 days off and come back on the 5th and arrived at around 1400 haha.

Response by SGT Morrison (Mike) Hogwood made Dec 1 at 2017 9:53 AM

2017-12-01T09:53:35-05:00

I do not the regs,but when i was a NCOIC i would give three day passes based on normal everyday soldiering about once or twice in 2 -3 month period and if excelled and exceed standards i would give you 4 days pass ,passes were also denied based on performance and other infraction,kept the soldiers happy.No passes in conjunction with leave was a reg and passes with a holiday were considered.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 1 at 2017 10:51 AM

2017-12-01T10:51:59-05:00

I would point out that in cases such as you mention, the correct thing to do would be to grant chargeable leave, perhaps in conjunction with a pass.
I for one don't want to take days off away from Soldiers or have stupid accountability formations with ranks full of drunks. Luckily, there is a mechanism for this in AR 600-8-10.