Extra leave time OK’d for deployed airmen

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Extra leave time OK’d for deployed airmen
By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, January 4, 2008

ARLINGTON, Va. — Airmen who have deployed for at least 12 months out of the past 36 can soon start taking additional leave authorized by Pentagon officials back in April.

Beginning Jan. 19, active-duty airmen who have spent more than a year in Iraq or Afghanistan will get one to four extra days of leave for every additional month they have deployed, according to guidelines issued Dec. 31 by the Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

The Air Force is not crediting any deployed service earlier than Jan. 19, 2004. But for deployments after that time, leave accrues as follows:

* One day per month for total deployment time between 12-17 months;

* Two days per month for 18-23 deployed months;


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