Emergency leave

[Hectic]

Here's my question, is the emrgency leave just charged against your total leave days, or not. I only ask because my brother recently had to take some and the recruiters, my brother and I were unsure about the subject. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[davblay]

The way I understand it, any accumulated leave time you have will be used during the Emergency leave.

I could be wrong, but that's the way I read it in STARS AND STRIPES.

[Marine84]

Unless it's changed they will be taken off of the 30 days (maybe more now) you get per year

[killerinstinct]

Here's my question, is the emrgency leave just charged against your total leave days, or not. I only ask because my brother recently had to take some and the recruiters, my brother and I were unsure about the subject. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

yea he will get charged the leave, it just means that he got his leave in a rush and not by submitting a leave chit

[Quinbo]

The way I understood it you can even go in the hole (negative balance) with emergency leave. It does count against your 2.5 days a month accumulated or not. Had a lad in my platoon in Hawaii that had his mother die and went home on 15 days emergency leave. Came back and a week later his father died and he went back home on 30 days because he was the executor of the will. It kind of messed him up so he got a GOS discharge and the leave was on the house so to speak.

[killerinstinct]

yea you can go in the whole as long as at ur eas you will be at a 0 or plus balance.

Like when you go on boot leave i didnt take 10 days i checked in early since i didnt wanna go into a negative leave balance and 4 days is enough i was ready to get back( not to bootcamp though).

[Zulu 36]

Yes, emergency leave comes off your regular leave balance and you may go in the hole to take it.

I went on emergency leave between ITR and MOS school when my father died and I had to go in the hole by a few days.

Everything they told us in boot camp about how the emergency leave system works, did work 100% in my case.

[Hectic]

Okay, thank you for the clarification