[operation clinton cleanup]

Apples and Oranges...Military leave is computed to include holidays/weekends while you are gone....according to the book.

True. But if I only take leave on weekdays and don't combine with weekends or Holidays.. it's 30 days paid vacation per year.

[muawiyah]

Only if they don't count Saturdays and Sundays during your period of absence. In that case it's about 17 days worth of leave, and deducting the 10 federal holidays, that means the troops are only entitled to a week's worth of leave in a year.

Remember the draft? That was because the Congress forgot to provide a living wage for folks in their first two years of military service.

That's another "tax" I've paid that most other Americans haven't.

Is anyone working out there? Hunh? Everybody off on vacation, balancing the budget on the letter carrier's pay packet, working soldiers day and night ~ what a country eh?!

[Wristpin]

True. But if I only take leave on weekdays and don't combine with weekends or Holidays.. it's 30 days paid vacation per year.


The thing is though...Many do take leave around the holidays and if you leave the geograpphic area on a weekend you must take leave.

On my last tour I worked amongst federal civilians who had the flex schedule(every other friday off). Ssy if you wanted to visit family over thanksgiving and spend the weekend...4 days leave. If the civilians lined up their CWS correctly they were charged no days. Even better they could take vacation on mon, tues, weds and be away for the holiday.

I'm not saying the military leave deal isn't a good deal, but when you subtract out the weekends and holidays it is comparable to a civilian plan.