Posted on Feb 11, 2019
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My unit is going to JRTC to early April and I have a report date of May 17. I was trying to take a month of PCS Leave with 11 days before that of nonchargeable parental leave as per the new policy. Due to our training they denied and told me to either combine them and make a month, or forget the parental leave.

Basically I’m just wondering is this a thing? Am I just screwed by this JRTC?
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SFC Marc W.
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Yes, the Commander is the approving authority for leave. But only the commander, not your squad leader, not your platoon sergeant, etc.
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SSG Dave Johnston

My unit will be at JRTC until end of march/early April. My leave would have been April 5th, but without the parental it will be the 15th. I would start out processing immediately when we get back.
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LTC Jason Mackay
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SPC (Join to see) JRTC is happening. Either help or get run over by it
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LTC Jason Mackay
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SPC (Join to see) wait to long and the opportunity will vanish
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SSG Dave Johnston
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SPC (Join to see) -Damn; Doesn't even give you time to clean your TA-50. Can Parental leave be denied?
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SGM G3 Sergeant Major
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Yes, a commander can approve or deny leave, that's how leave works.
If it is codified in a regulation, it is "a thing".
In this case it sounds like 30 total days of leave will be approved, whether you want to make some of those days nonchargeable or not, and that sounds like enough for a PCS.
What's the problem?
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Report date + Authorized travel time to your new duty station = Last date you can sign out of your unit.
What will be the date the day after you return from JRTC?
Personally check the post policy for the number of days authorized to clear post (2 weeks?).
Date after day you return from JRTC + Clearing time (2 weeks) = Date you can reasonably expect to sign out of your unit.
Report date - Date you can reasonably expect to sign out of your unit = Leave days available.

Note: if you are the secondary caregiver, you may find that the policy on uncharged parental leave policy states commander "may" authorize X days of leave. "May" means optional. "Must" or "will" means it isn't optional.
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