Post-Deployment Guidance for Airmen

Week of January 14, 2008

Beginning Jan. 19, 2007, active-duty Airmen who deploy 12 or more months during a preceding 36-month period are entitled to administrative absence time off. All active-duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen are eligible for this time off. Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence, provides up to four administrative absence days per month served. Airmen must have deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq, or as part of certain theater units. Normally, these units are those in Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Manas, Kyrgyzstan. For more information, contact your base military personnel element or the Air Force Contact Center at DSN 665-5000 or (800) 616-3775.

To find more deployment news and resources, visit The Deployment Center.

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