What is the Regulation reguarding the hours Army personel work and the required time off they must be given.?

Question

The Army is like all organizations in America, required to follow certain manpower rules. During a peacetime mission, in a non-combat zone(CONUS), what is the hours to rest ratio the military leadership must follow. What is the Regulation(AR) that applies to this rule. How many hours rest must a soldier be given after working a set number of hours. How does this effect a work week, month, etc.

Answer 1

Ha, I would say if you are worried already about the hours of work and rest you need, you need not go into the Army. They have a saying in the military, "Overtime is authorized" and believe me, there is no regulation unless you are part of a flight crew or in some other critical field where sleep is a necessity in order to do your job. Plan on working many hours sometimes seven days a week for months on end. The Army is not like all organizations in America. They support democracy, they don't practice it.....

Answer 2

you are on duty 24/7. No such thing as a 9-5 job with weekends and holidays off. If the CO says you need to stay and work 18 hours, you do. There are no regs. If your presence is required at 2 o'clock on a Sunday, then off you go to base to fix whatever.

My husband has been known to pull 20 hour days while in a non combat zone.

Answer 3

Are you serious? I havent heard of any other organization sending employees to Irak to defend this country. But anyways, Im not aware of any regulation like that. As far as I now youre a soldier 24/7 so its up to your commander and the work that needs to be done.

Answer 4

There are none. When you signed the dotted line it really said "I AM YOURS 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR OR 366 LEAP YEARS. I WILL DO WHAT I AM TOLD WHEN I AM TOLD AND COMPLAIN ABOUT IT LATER TO MY SPOUSE"

I have seen my husband go to work from 0500 to 0730 go on duty at 0730 be on duty all day long and all night get off duty at 0730 the next day go back to work and get off at 1800 come home and be called back in at 2100 because one of his troops f***ed up and he had to deal with it and get back home at about 2200

but that is not a typical day for him a typical day is go to work between 0500 and 0600 get off for lunch between 1100 and 1200 go back to work at 1300 get off work at 1800

granted my hubby is a Marine but I know a few in the army and their days are pretty much the same

Answer 5

It's very relaxing. Start at 0530 and you hit the rack after the simple assignments given you to while away you time are done and your gear is cleaned and ready for the next day at about 2330. Oh,the feed you to, you quickly get used to your choice of armies quirky avaunt garde cusine.

Answer 6

I didn't know one existed. If it did someone should have told my Battalion commander! Aside from details, such as guard duty, or field maneuvers, while in the US it was 7 to 5 and 1/2 day on Saturday!

Answer 7

There are none, you are training to face the worst possible conditions .
Expect little sleep , little food ,little water in some scenarios .
Certain safty rules apply , but not much else

Answer 8

to my knowledge when in the army you belong to them 24/7 and the rest they give you is for a job well done ,so don't expect it ,just be glad you were not in my platoon or company cause you would work till the job was done then maybe you would ask to rest .and just maybe if i let you.you see the army will push you to unknown limits ,then when you think its over they push more

Answer 9

Not the same rules as civilian organizations. That's why the benefits are so good, to make up for the crap you have to go through.

Answer 10

24/7 they own you