Troops entitled to 12 weeks of leave after birth, adoption of a child

Taken from "military.com"

The policy change means that all service members are eligible for 12 weeks of leave for the birth, adoption or long-term fostering of a child. That leave will be non-chargeable, meaning it doesn't count against other leave allowances.

CPO David R. D. - Thanks for the insight. OK, but does that extend their time to make up for this twelve weeks?

My understanding after reading the article, is they have to take the 12 weeks before the child's first birthday, or if it is an adoption, before the one year anniversary of the adoption. They can break it up into smaller increments or take all 12 weeks at once. Breaking it up would be beneficial if they had a deployment or a school during the first year.

Do you mean extend their time at the command? That I'm not sure. It never extended females' orders when they got their 42-days of convalescent leave or the additional 42-days a few years back. Their Sea/Shore rotation date, stayed the same. Granted, that's a Detailer's question, and things may have changed for that as well.

CPO David R. D. - I was talking about extending their enlistment contract from the normal expiration of active duty. Just curious, obviously it doesn't affect me!