how long does a person that is in the army get of military leave?

Question

for maternity leave if his wife is going to have the baby soon

Answer 1

Same as anyone else I would hope, two weeks paid leave, but they can take unpaid leave after that.

Answer 2

He'll get 30 days of leave a year. He can save up to 90 days. How much he takes when you have the baby depends on how much he saves up. It's a part of the Army that annoys many wives.....females in the military get convalescent leave to have a baby, which is free. However, our military husbands are charged with leave to be with the wife and baby. It's not quite fair in many aspects. Yes, the woman has the baby, but many dad's would like to be there with the new baby. For many, it's the most time they get with their kids.

Answer 3

It all depends. On a lot of things.. his units current OPTEMPO, how much leave he has on the books, whether or not his Command is even willing to give him time off.

For instance, if he is currently deployed, the chances of actually coming home are probably pretty slim, unless he was able to arrange his Mid Tour R&R to coincide with the due date(not that babies ever come when scheduled)

If he's at hoime, he may or may not be allowed to take time off immediately following the birth.. It may only be for a couple of days, or he could request leave for as much as 2 weeks at once.

NONE of this is guarenteed, and it can be denied for any number of reasons.

had a friend whose wife went into labor. he dropped her off at the hospital at 6 am and was on the ship by 0630 and underway by 0715. Didn't come back for four months.

Answer 4

Saying the military doesn't care about families is a bit unfair. It can seem that way when circumstances prevent giving time off especially in the case of a birth. A good friend of mine was killed during Desert Shield 10 days after his wife gave birth to his son. Sad, yes. The mission comes first, he knew that, we all know that. When we aren't deployed and one of my guys has a kid, he usually get two weeks off if he has the leave accrued on the books. Leave requests that exceed available balances are typically denied. This is, after all, the military. We aren't running an office.

Answer 5

Depends on the unit and the mission. If he is deployed, then he will be lucky to get two weeks. If he is not deployed, then he could, theoretically, take the full 30 days. Most units, however, will not allow a service member to be gone for more than 21 days at a time.

As far as being there when you give birth, he will be released (if not deployed) and will probably get at least a 4 day pass.

Answer 6

Military members earn 2.5 days of leave per month for a total of 30 days per year. They can use any accured amount for leave if they so choose and the unit allows them to do so. The most they can carry on the books is 60 days. Actually the most they can have on October 1st of each year is 60 days.

It is also possible that the service member can get a 72 hour pass not charged to his leave, provided his commander authorizes it....

Answer 7

Depends on the servicemember's unit. The unit I was in allowed the husband to take 2 weeks leave when the baby was born, providing the unit was not downrange. Other units are not as lenient.
In all cases, this is chargeable leave, whereas it is convalescent leave if it is the woman who is the servicemember.
If it is your husband who is the servicemember, he should have already submitted an open leave form to his unit requesting leave when the baby is delivered. It is then up to the Chain of Command whether the leave is granted or denied.

Answer 8

You didn't ask the question with sufficient detail.

(1) Is the servicemember deployed or no;

(2) Is the servicemember a geographical bachelor (him living at his duty station, wife residing elsewhere, say, home state).

There is no special leave status granted for birth of a child. He will get charged for ordinary leave. If he is deployed, it is upto his Brigade Commander on whether he will be allowed to depart theater, if that birth falls outside of the servicemember's scheduled R&R leave. If it does already, then it isn't hard to get an extension for a birth, or to have leave scheduled for when the child is expected.

Births, unlike deaths in the immediate family, are not considered to fulfill the requirements of emergency leave or any sort of special dispensation other than the Chain of Command's discretion in assigning scheduled leave dates or extensions. If the servicemember is, say, in the field at his duty station and the child is born, he will be taken out of the field. If it is, say, a JRTC or NTC rotation, it is upto his Chain of Command on what happens.

As for military schools, they do not recognize any sort of qualifying leave, so if the servicemember is in the middle of, say, Ranger School, and the child is born, leaving means he abandons all his progress upto that point and starts from zero - if he is allowed to return to the school at all.

If the expectant mother is yourself, Questioner, I wish you an easy birth and happy days for your family.

Answer 9

Not sure what the time is for "maternity leave" You could look it up in the regulation though, and it would tell you (AR 600-8-10), Chapter 4 I believe is the one that covers it.

Answer 10

Men don't get maternity leave. It's called paternity leave. Most soldiers do not go home when their wives give birth. That's just one of the many sacrifices made by our volunteer army.

Answer 11

30 days a year