Odd question about leave

[MidWestEwo]

So this may be kind of a pessimistic question, but it is kind of bothering me as I seek a commission in the Navy. If I am to be stationed far from home, and something happens to a family member that threatens their life, such as a terminal illness or a bad car accident - is there something that would allow me to be home with that family member for a length of time to say proper goodbyes and be with the family? Would it be possible to switch duty stations to be near home during a crisis like that so that I could still work, but be close with the family? Obviously if I am deployed it would be a different story, but I wanted to know if there was any special provision for servicemen and women to deal with a family crisis like that. Sorry to put that idea in anyone's head..

 

[Gatordev]

So this may be kind of a pessimistic question, but it is kind of bothering me as I seek a commission in the Navy. If I am to be stationed far from home, and something happens to a family member that threatens their life, such as a terminal illness or a bad car accident - is there something that would allow me to be home with that family member for a length of time to say proper goodbyes and be with the family? Would it be possible to switch duty stations to be near home during a crisis like that so that I could still work, but be close with the family? Obviously if I am deployed it would be a different story, but I wanted to know if there was any special provision for servicemen and women to deal with a family crisis like that. Sorry to put that idea in anyone's head..

You may be given the opportunity to go on leave and see the family member, but it's not guarunteed, especially when on deployment. You won't be transfered to a different duty station in the middle of a tour, but again, you may be given a week or so of emergency leave if it's a close family member.

 

[wlawr005]

Yes there are methods in place to allow you to be with your loved ones. There are different things that can be done and they are dealt with on a case by case basis...

Emergency Leave is usually the most common...it allows you to take care of your personal business and then return to work.

Changing duty stations would be a stretch, but one friend of mine did go TAD for a month to be with her mother while she was in the hospital...

Your chain of command and the navy will do just about everything in its power to help you out.

 

[MidWestEwo]

Thanks. That makes me feel better. I just could not imagine being absent while a close family member is on their death bed or something.

 

[scoolbubba]

Been there, done that. The squadron was great about letting me go home, be with my grandfather, and get back to work when I was ready to hit the ground running.

Don't worry about it, the man is not going to tell you to pack sand if you have an emergency somewhere that needs taken care of.

 

[Sly1978]

Concur with all. My wife passed out at a school function while I was doing my first stint out in the desert. It just happened that the CO's wife was at the same function. Within hours, the CO called me into his office on det to tell me that they were sending me home to help my wife. I boarded a plane the next morning.

The command never gave me any grief about any of it and I returned to the desert three months later. Because I'm on an overseas tour, they even offered to transfer me back to a stateside squadron if we thought it would be best for her.

 

[Gatordev]

Don't worry about it, the man is not going to tell you to pack sand if you have an emergency somewhere that needs taken care of.

Bad gouge. Depending on the circumstances, "the man," (whomever that may be), may very well tell you to pack sand. Now how "critical" your request is is a matter of debate, but there are certainly times when it's just not practical/possible to send you home.

 

[scoolbubba]

Bad gouge. Depending on the circumstances, "the man," (whomever that may be), may very well tell you to pack sand. Now how "critical" your request is is a matter of debate, but there are certainly times when it's just not practical/possible to send you home.

Sorry, should have clarified that this was in the training command, where you can always get the X another day.

 

[webmaster]

Bad gouge. Depending on the circumstances, "the man," (whomever that may be), may very well tell you to pack sand. Now how "critical" your request is is a matter of debate, but there are certainly times when it's just not practical/possible to send you home.

Don't bring your HSL hate here and corrupt one of the chosen few. We tend to approve leave and endorse QOL in the P3 community, you have direct proof because you knew how much of a slacker I was and am, and the free time I had off with a certain boat on Kbay... Leave is easy, we just beat them up on useless systems knowledges and tempt them with possible flight time!!!

 

[Gatordev]

Words...

I have no rebuttal. HSL.....siiiiiigh.

 

[Pags]

As someone who's done more than a few paxfers, it seems to me that if commands have the opportunity, they will let sailor take e-leave. We've launched our duty crew from Bahrain on more than one max range e-leave case. Is it always possible? No. Will a lot of folks jump through their ass at the word "e-leave" to get a sailor home? Yes.

Also, in the almost 3yrs I've been in my command, all 3 Skippers have made sure that the Os are always around for the birth of their kids.

 

[Bevo16]

When my son was diagnosed with cancer, my squadron sent me on no-cost TAD orders for 10 months to be with him in treatment. When it became clear that we were going to be near the hospital (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) I was transferred to the area where he had to be. There is a program that I am enrolled in that prevents the Navy from transferring me out of the area until his health condition is totally resolved. During our stay here, I know of two other Navy members who have had similar situations and been taken care of as well.

There is not a company in the country that can match how the Navy takes care of it's own in situations like this.

 

[villanelle]

We had a friend (in HSL, even) whose wife got seriously ill and the command gave him prettymuch unlimited time to be with her. When it was clear that it would take her years to recover, if she recoveres at all, they got him orders to go to a ROTC job near her family so that he would have help caring for her since she needed round the clock supervision once she came home from the hospital.

And there are enough people pulling for this guy that if he is able to get her care squared away and he is interested in getting well and going back into the thick of things, it will happen. The way that the Navy took care of him and his wife was downright incredible.