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Who pays the airfare in the event of a family death or just personal leave?
My husband works with a Lady whose son is either in the Marines or the Army, not sure which. He has been in the military for maybe 2 years and last week got to come home for leave from Afghanistan. In one of their conversations airfare was brought up.She told him that the military would fly him anywhere he needed to go whether it was military change of duty, personal leave etc. I found that really hard to believe. I was under the impression that the only time the Military pays for airfare if it is a change of duty station or other Navy business, not personal leave. Is this just an Army or Marines policy?
My oldest son who has been in the Navy for 4 1/2 years has never heard of this. Last year, July 8th 2010 his grand father passed away while he was is Bahrain. I had to arrange his flights, and he had to pay for the entire flight which was very expensive, no help whatsoever from the Navy. While here he got to take a 14 or 15 day and then returned to Bahrain.
My youngest son just arrived at his first duty in Japan. So when he gets to come home on leave does the Navy pay any part of this? I wouldn't think so based on past experience. Can anyone answer this for me.
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Permalink Reply by judy r on
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My son came home for leave from
afghan and he had to pay for his ticket homea and back. If he is called home for a death in the family the red cross has to be notified and they pay the wy back we have done this too. In the case of your son's grandfather the Navy does not recognize grandparents as immediate family.
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The Red Cross will pay, BUT if the Sailor makes over a certain amount they (the Sailor) has to pay it back.
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The Navy only pays airfare for flights taken on Navy business. Possibly PCS over seas but I am not familiar with over seas PCS so I could be very wrong on that :) There are others on here that would know the PCS rules better then I do.
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Leave = The Sailor pays
Transfeering duty stations = Navy pays
Emergancy leave = depends on where the Sailor is and if they have the money or not (of if they should have the money). After the Red Cross or whomever fronts the money and when they get back to the command they go through a budget class, if they make enough they pay it back, if not they don't. Not up to the Sailor if it is paid back or not.
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I found a statement on the NAVY web site, it just does not say how to go about it. Sailors are allowed to fly on space-available basis on many military flights FREE weather it is to vacation abroad or to come home, if there is a flight where they want to go and there is room. If you go to the NAVY web site and click families and advisors,it is on that page.But like I said, it does not tell you how to go about it.
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Sure they can use space A, but if they get home and than can't get back on the space A, they are paying a lot more than they would have paid on a normal fight. Keep in mind they MUST get back from leave on time or they get in trouble, BIG trouble.
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Sometimes the MWR has short information seminars on how to do the free flights or the ombudsman has them or knows about them. Have him check with both.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Afghanistan is a combat zone, so it is entirely possible they get free flights in and out of there once a year. I got a free flight out of Diego Garcia to go on leave, but that's isolated duty. No commercial flights from there! Any other time I took leave, in the US of from Japan, it was out of my own pocket.
I've used Space A, both as a dependent and as active duty. It does not fit in well with an active duty sailor's schedule for the most part. I made it home, but the AF gal next to me had to borrow money from me to get home, they cancelled her leg of the flight. She was lucky I was carrying cash, I was lucky she eventually repaid me. I flew back to my command via a commercial carrier. Space A is too unreliable. (Although I hear the local national guard air field goes to Hawaii once a week....)
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And, just to add more information regarding flight options, if this servicemember was on authorized R&R leave (14 days not including travel) from Afghanistan then the military DID pay to send him home. R&R is a specialized leave program and not all deployments qualify. My own husband received R&R when spending a year on the ground in Iraq a few years back. His travel was fully funded into the nearest international airport to our home, which happened to be our airport anyway. I mention that because some people might be traveling to smaller, more rural areas and funded travel may stop short.
Info on the program:
http://www.armyg1.army.mil/randr/It is not ordinary leave. It is not Space-A (which typically is limited from combat zones). However both of those, along with Red Cross messages in emergencies, are options at other times. Also, sometimes Red Cross messages can result in paid travel (Space-R) or an upgraded category for Space-A.
I think that other mom is confusing the R&R program with all leave travel.
ETA: Whoa! Holy Old Messages! This was at the top of the forum but I just now noticed the original date! LOL
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Permalink Reply by Denise-- Seabee Mom on
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LOL.. yeah almost a year ago
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No, the other person wasn't but I'd bet dollars to donuts it was the R&R program which will apply to any service member in the CENTCOM AOR assuming they meet the program's conditions (length of deployment being primary condition).
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