LEAVE AND PASSES
AR 600-8-10
OUTLINE
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Leave
Leave Accrual
Chargeable Leave
Non-Chargeable Leave
Ordinary Leave
Regular Passes
Special Passes
Convalescent Leave
Emergency Leave
Extensions
LEAVES
Used to maintain Positive Command
Climate and Readiness
 Encourage use of 30 days a year
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LEAVE ACCRUAL
Active Duty 30 days per year
 2.5 days per month
 More than 60 days
 Use or Lose
 Maintaining Leave is an individual’s
responsibility
 Monitoring leave is a Leader’s
responsibility
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CHARGEABLE LEAVE
Ordinary Leave
 Advance Leave
 Emergency Leave
 Environmental and Morale Leave (EML)
 Leave awaiting orders resulting from
disability separation procedings
 Leave with a COT (continuos overseas
tour)
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CHARGEABLE LEAVE (CONT)
Reenlistment Leave
 Transition Leave
 Rest and recuperation (R&R) Leave
 Periods of leave that encompass a public
holiday or weekends
 Pregnancy home leave
 AWOL (when excused as unavoidable)
 Leave with PCS (permanent change of
station) or TDY (temporary duty
assignment)
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NON-CHARGEABLE LEAVE
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Convalescent Leave
Sick in quaters
Sick in hospital
Leave awaiting orders resulting from disability
separation when all other leave is exhausted
PTDY (permissive)
Proceed Time
POV Travel
Special Rest and Recuperation (SR&R)
ORDINARY LEAVE
Once Approved it is logged
 Sign out on day of departure
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KEEP A COPY WITH YOU WHILE ON LEAVE
Extension may be requested in emergency
 Sign in on return
 Leave Form is then processed at Finance
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THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
If leaves fall on weekend or federal
holidays, they are still charged
 You CANNOT take leave in conjuction with
training holidays or special passes
 If you SIGN IN before half of the day and
go back to work, that day is not charged
 If you SIGN OUT after working half the
duty day, that day is not charged
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REGULAR PASSES
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Passes
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Privilege Awarded to deserving Soldiers
Pass period not to exceed 72 hours (3 day pass)
Pass period not to exceed 96 hous (4 day pass)
Commander is Approval Authority
Soldier remains available for duty
Passes cannot be granted in succession
No limit on number of passes. Determined by
command
SPECIAL PASSES
3 day passes- must include on duty day
 4 day passes- must include 2 consecutive
non-duty days
 Cannot be taken in conjuction with leave
 Reasons for granting special passes
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Recognition of exceptional performance
Spiritual retreats/religious events
Voting
Alleviate personal problems
Compensatory time off
CONVALESCENT LEAVE
Authorized normally for the minimal time
needed to meet the medical needs for
recuperation
 A Civilian doctor cannot authorized it
 Hospital Commander can authorized first
30 days when granted at medical facility
 Company Commander is the approval
authority when granted by unit
 A period of 42 days may be granted for
pregnancy or child birth
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EMERGENCY LEAVE
Emergency leave is leave that is granted as
a result of a personal or family emergency
that requires the soldier’s presence.
It is chargeable leave.
WHO GRANTS EMERGENCY
LEAVE?
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It is the responsibility of the Company
Commander to make initial decision
Commander decides length of leave
Based on mission, operational tempo and
personnel needs
Also based on information verified and
communicated by Red Cross
Battalion and Brigade Commanders have final
approving authority
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS
Parents, including stepparents
 Spouse
 Children, including stepchildren
 Sisters, including stepsisters
 Brothers, including stepbrothers
 Only living blood relative
 A person in loco parentis
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GUIDELINES COMMANDERS USE
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Serious illness, impending death or death of an
immediate family member
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Serious situation involving accident, illness,
major surgery resulting in serious family
problem
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Soldier personally affected by disaster
(tornado, hurricane, flood) if unusual hardship
would be encountered if the soldier failed to
return home
OTHER SITUATIONS THAT SOMETIMES
WARRANT EMERGENCY LEAVE
Pregnancy and childbirth
 Situations involving grandparent, aunt,
uncle, cousin, niece or nephew
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Facts For Requesting Emergency Leave
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Soldiers may request Emergency Leave with or
without a Red Cross Message.
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Units may request verification through the the
Field Director, American Red Cross, if they
doubt the validity of the situation or the
necessity of the Soldier’s presence.
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Commanders should not disapprove based
solely on the lack of a Red Cross Message
COST
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There is no cost to the soldier/family
members while station here in Hawaii.
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A fund cite will be provided by DHR.
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Soldiers may qualify for unaccompanied
emergency leave travel for dependents.
Loco Parentis
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A person in Loco Parentis is one who stood in place of
a parent to the soldier or Soldier’s spouse for 24
hours a day, for at least a 5 year period before the
soldier or the soldier’s spouse were 21 years of age.
The person must have provided a home, food,
clothing, medical care, and other necessities as well
as furnished moral and disciplinary guidance and
affection.
A grandparent, or other person, is not considered to
have stood in place of a person when the parent also
lived at the same residence.
A person is not considered in Loco Parentis for
performing baby-sitting or providing day care
services.
WHY USE THE RED CROSS?
The American Red Cross can assist
families with communicating with Service
Members
 Commanders overseas require Red Cross
verification before emergency leave is
granted
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HOW TO CONTACT THE
RED CROSS
The Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency
Service Center is open 24 hours a day, 7
days a week, 365 days a year
 Use your LOCAL Red Cross
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Find in local telephone directory or
www.redcross.org/ type in zip code under
“Find Your Local Red Cross”
WHO CAN INITIATE A MESSAGE?
Soldier
 Immediate family members of Soldier
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WHAT INFORMATION DOES RED
CROSS NEED FROM FAMILY?
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Soldier’s information
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Full name
Rank
Branch of service
Social security number
Military address
Information about deployed unit and the home
unit name and location
WHAT INFORMATION DOES RED
CROSS NEED FROM FAMILY? (CONT)
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Detailed information about the nature of
the emergency
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Statement about why the soldier is needed
Hospital
Medical doctor’s name and contact
Funeral home name and contact
EXTENSIONS
Require approval from unit commander
 Requests must go thru American Red
Cross for timely approval
 Requests must be justified and may
require supporting documentation
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Questions ?