Troops: Check new ‘use it or lose it’ rules to avoid forfeiting leave

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Troops: Check new ‘use it or lose it’ rules to avoid forfeiting leave
By Karen Jowers
Aug 31, 11:19 AM
A sailor greets his family on the pier as the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan returns to Yokosuka, Japan, in December, 2022, following its deployment to the western Pacific ocean. (MC2 Michael B. Jarmiolowski/Navy)

Troops who have accumulated more than 90 days of leave should check their balances to see if they need to use some of it by the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30.

Defense officials have changed the rules about carrying leave over from year to year, based on a change in law.

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