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Airmen who exceed deployed time get added time off

Posted 4/30/2012 Email story   Print story

    

4/30/2012 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Airmen who serve in excess of the Secretary of Defense's established rotation goals are now eligible for additional time off, as written in the newly updated Post Deployment or Mobilization Respite Absence policy, officials said here April 25.

Contained in Guidance Memorandum 4 to Air Force Instruction 36-3003, Military Leave Program, PDMRA is intended to award extra administrative absence days to service members who exceed the desired deployment or mobilization-to-dwell ration.

All eligible Airmen can receive PDMRA for service in Combat Zone Tax Exclusion areas. Reserve component Airmen involuntarily mobilized outside of the U.S. pursuant to sections 12301(a), 12302, or 12304 of Title 10 of the United States Code can also be eligible to receive PDMRA.

Receiving PDMRA is a two-step process: eligibility and accrual, officials said.

Airmen must have exceeded the desired deployment or mobilization-to-dwell threshold in order to accrue PDMRA.

Active component Airmen are eligible to accrue PDMRA if, on the first day of their current deployment, they have been deployed in excess of 12 of the previous 36 months.

Reservists are eligible to accrue PDMRA if, on the first day of their current Title 10 activation, they had been mobilized pursuant to sections 12301(a), 12302, or 12304 of Title 10 of the United States Code in excess of 12 months out of the previous 72 months. In addition, voluntary deployments on 12301(d) orders to a CZTE area count toward breaking dwell and PDMRA eligibility.

Airmen who exceed the desired deployment or mobilization-to-dwell threshold on the first day of their current deployment or Title 10 activation can accrue PDMRA for service in approved locations.

Eligible active duty Airmen accrue two PDMRA days per month when entitled to CZTE for service in a CZTE area.

Eligible Reservists serving pursuant to sections 12301(a), 12301(d), 12302, or 12304 of Title 10 of the United States Code accrue two PDMRA days per month when entitled to CZTE for active service in a CZTE area. Reservists serving pursuant to sections 12301(a), 12302, or 12304 of Title 10 of the United States Code accrue one PDMRA day per month for active service outside of the U.S., not in a CZTE area.

For more information, reference AFI 36-3003, AFGM4 or contact the nearest Force Support Squadron Military Personnel Section.



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5/7/2012 11:36:20 AM ET
As mission dictaces is always the key workds here. I came back from a 9 month convoy deployment only to be told we need you at work and can not give you time off until the mission dictates even though you where disabled in a convoy accident. Last I checked they did fine for 9 months without me, what is another couple weeks. Love this. The Air Force has hit rock bottom over the last few years. Thank you medical retirement for saving me from all the dumbness coming.
disabled combat vet, USA
 
5/4/2012 2:37:24 AM ET
Just another carrot to try and get personnel to deploy longer than they should. However when you think about it you'll be giving up a month of weekendsholidaysdown days for two days off...no thanks. As we try to do more with less expect more empty carrots such as this.
About to retire, Germany
 
5/2/2012 3:24:23 PM ET
When I returned from a 6 month deployment to SWA in 1991, my squadron commander met me as I disembarked the C-5, handed me an ice cold beer and told me to enjoy the next month off. Those were the good old days.
Bob, Ohio
 
5/1/2012 1:00:16 PM ET
While it is a great gesture it sure would be nice if there were enough people back home to be able to actually take the time off. Coming home from deployments now you find yourself as the only one at homestation as the see the others off. There is no such thing as time-off anymore unfortunately.
Concerned Amn, stateside
 
5/1/2012 6:32:05 AM ET
Good luck collecting that extra time off. I am sure you will be put through the ringer to prove you have earned it. Of course then you will have to get your section to give you the time off.
retired, Ohio
 
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