Leave & Absence Types
This standard type of leave is earned at a rate of 2.5 days per month by active duty members.
What is Annual/Ordinary Leave
This individual or role holds the authority to formally approve or deny a standard absence request.
Who is the Commander (or Supervisor)?
This is the standard maximum number of leave days a service member can carry over into a new fiscal year without losing them.
What is 60 days?
True or False: You can take leave you have not yet accrued without any special authorization.
What is False? (It requires approval for Advance Leave)
SPC Jones wants to take leave starting on a Friday and ending on a Monday. He must submit a request for this many days of leave.
What is 4 days?
This type of uncharged absence is granted for medical reasons, illness, or recovery after hospitalization.
What is Convalescent Leave (or Sick Leave)?
This is the primary action an employee must take in the system to initiate a planned absence.
What is submitting a Leave Request?
Entitlements and leave accruals are officially credited to a member's account at the end of this recurring timeframe.
What is the month (or Pay Period)?
This term describes any day of authorized absence that reduces a member's accrued leave balance.
What are Chargeable Leave Days?
SGT Smith has 65 days of accrued leave on September 1st. If she takes no leave before October 1st, she will lose this many days.
What is 5 days?
This short, non-chargeable authorized absence is often granted by a commander for special events or as a reward.
What is a Pass (or Administrative Absence)?
If a member falls seriously ill during a period of approved annual leave, their absence request can be modified to this.
What is Convalescent/Sick Leave?
"Use or lose" leave must be executed before this specific date every year to avoid forfeiture.
What is September 30th (End of the Fiscal Year)?
This type of approved absence allows a member to use days they have not yet earned, borrowing against their future accruals.
What is Advance Leave?
A member returns from a 12-month combat deployment with 80 days of leave. They are protected from the standard "use or lose" rule by this entitlement policy.
What is Special Leave Accrual (SLA)?
This status applies to a member who is absent from their appointed place of duty without authorization.
What is AWOL (Absent Without Leave)?
This status is applied to an absence request when it is formally retracted by the member before the leave period begins.
What is Cancelled (or Withdrawn)?
This type of financial entitlement is paid to members for performing dangerous duties, such as demolition or parachuting.
What is Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay (HDIP)?
This uncharged absence is specifically authorized for members transitioning out of the military to help them find housing or a job.
What is Permissive TDY (PTDY) / Transition Absence?
A Soldier requests to travel to a different timezone while teleworking without taking leave. You process this as a denial because they must take this instead.
What is Ordinary/Annual Leave?
This specific category of leave is authorized for members welcoming a new child via birth or adoption.
What is Parental Leave?
When processing an absence, a control number is typically generated by this system of record for tracking purposes.
What is the HR/Leave Management System (e.g., IPPS-A, LeaveWeb)?
This term describes the total baseline pay and allowances a member is authorized to receive before any deductions or taxes are taken.
What is Gross Entitlement (or Gross Pay)?
This type of leave is taken concurrently with a member's separation or retirement date, allowing them to out-process and then remain on leave until their discharge.
What is Terminal (or Transition) Leave?
Under the expanded Military Parental Leave Program, a non-birth parent submitting an absence request for the birth or adoption of a child is entitled to a maximum of this many days of non-chargeable leave.
What is 84 days?