This includes all six service branches of the military and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
§ 6323(a)(1), civilian federal employees who are reservists are allowed “15 days” of annual paid leave for reserve or National Guard training.
One or 2 day passes can also be granted for exceptional circumstances during the duty week; for example, a Service Member can be given a pass for a Wednesday in order to accompany their several children for school physicals, or a Wednesday-Thursday if the Service Member is having to travel overnight for an appointment or event.
This means a Service Member is absent from his/her assigned duty and the absences was not authorized and/or was denied.
Under certain circumstances, the use or lose threshold may be extended to 80 days, if the member is unable to take leave due to duty requirements, usually because of a deployment.
Conversely, though the situation is less common, pay will be deducted as excess leave on separation if too many days were taken.
Commonly, block leave time is allowed during the summer and Christmas holidays, and before and after deployments.
[5] Prior to separation or retirement from the military, a member may take the remainder of the leave accumulated.