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My boyfriend will be finishing A School in Mississippi in October and wants to come home to Hawaii before getting his orders. How hard would that be? Also does he have to pay for his own airfare? Could he take a military flight on stand-by? I really appreciate all of your answers! Thank you for your support! 8 Responses to “How easy is it to request vacation time when in the Navy?” |
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October 13th, 2010 at 1:49 am
Bloody hell, they’re already giving you a free cruise, what more do you want?
October 14th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
They will probably give him leave automatically, and if he asks early enough could may get a large amount of time. Navy is usually not an ask and you get it kind of organization, like if his new station is a ship set to sail then maybe no leave. Yeah he can fly in lotsa cheaper ways if you are willing to wait. Military HOPS are available. If home is on the way to his next duty station it is probably free.
October 14th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Aha. Ground Radio Repair, no doubt, at Biloxi. Usually there is leave time that can be taken at the end of tech school before he goes on to his assignment. He’ll have asked, believe me! And will have been told what the current policy is. Yes, he’ll have to pay his own airfare – the only time the service will pay is for a permanent change of station. In his case, they’ll give him some travel pay, but that would only pay for going from Mississippi directly to his new duty station. Standby may or may not be an option – he’ll have to check with the airlines. Good luck to you both – hope you get together soon!
October 17th, 2010 at 12:53 am
If he signed up in Hawaii, they will send him home for his leave after his training, If he’s been in for awhile, and doing re-training, then that’s different. The military pays for troops to go home after training, and he can catch a military flight after that for almost free as long as he’s in active duty. I don’t know of ‘stand by’ in the military, but it might exist, I just used to jump on cargo flights, sometimes had to help load the plane for a ride. Good luck, and tell your boyfriend we love and support him. Ron
October 19th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
It’s been over 15 years since I got out of the Navy, but at that time, when you finished your school and got orders to you next duty station (most likely a ship), you got to take leave. They gave us 30 days of leave, and you could choose to use it all or cut it short.
As for paying for the airfare, they only pay for travelling expenses from the current duty station to the next. They don’t pay for the trip home and then from there to where ever he is stationed next. Military hops are available, but he would fly on a stand-by basis. If there was no room, he would not get a seat. It is a good, cheap way to fly, but don’t rely on it to get him to his next duty station on time. If he can’t get a seat on a military hop, and he is late reporting, it is his fault and he will be counted as being UA (Unauthorized Abscense).
October 21st, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Seabee, YN or AZ? They will probably give him leave right out of A school to come home and see family before he is transfered out to Hawaii, atleast that is what they did for me, 14 days leave time.
Enjoy it while he’s out in Hawaii, I’ve been there on deployment before, beautiful.
October 22nd, 2010 at 6:15 am
You take leave. You get like 1/2 day a month of leave accrued each and every month so when you have like two weeks built up, you take a week and haul ****.
October 25th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
It’s fairly easy. He has to forward a special request chit up the chain of command. If the dates are approved by his division officer, he’s good to go.
His command pays for transportation to his next duty station. He has to pay his way anywhere else.
Aloha