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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed.  Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

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Hi I was curious if anybody knew whether or not they automatically get leave after A school and get to come home? Or are they shipped straight to there Permanent Duty. My fiance and I are wanting to get married in January but with the holidays and him graduating A School in November I wasn't sure exactly about the leave situation. If anybody had any idea that would be sooo helpful! Thanks so much!

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He does have to request the leave after school.  They normally get a week~ten days after A school, en route to their duty station.  Now and then, two weeks.

Be aware that once he checks into his new command after school, it is highly unlikely they will grant holiday leave, or give him leave in January so soon after reporting.  The sailors who have been there longer will get preference for holiday leave requests.  If he has only been there two months, he will still be doing "New Guy" stuff, cranking, quals, and so on.  No leave during all that, even if he did not take leave after A school.  Oh, it does happen that new guys make get leave, but it is NOT something to plan on, it is more like a rare lucky break.

I would seriously look at November for a wedding.  Stay flexible and don't put money down on venues or services.  You may not like it, but the Navy will decide the date of your future anniversaries.  I wanted Valentine's Day, I got the 9th.  I wasn't even planning on getting married right then, but it was what worked in the moment.

Good luck!

Thanks so much! That is what I have been hearing, I am pretty flexible just going to have something small and simple for the wedding. So you said the Sailors have to request the leave after A school? What if they haven't earned that much yet. I know I read something about 2.5 days per month. Is it still possible for them to get extra time and go "in the hole"?

The leave is pre-authorized, but they do sign that they want to take it so the travel office can make the arrangements.  They do pay for the leg of the trip to go home.

Yes, they can go in the hole, but usually no more than ten days total.  En route leave is rarely more than a week or two.  They also have a couple travel days, so that pads it out by two or three days.  

Even though they earn 30 days each year, it is unusual for them to get to take it all at once.  About the only time that happens is when they return from an overseas  tour.

Oops, sorry I was unclear!    No, the sailor pays for it, but the travel office arranges it in conjunction with the paid travel to the new command.  Sorry, wrong "they".  It is still a bargain for the sailor, and it just comes out of their pay.  

Okay so another question I have is that my fiancé leaves for RTC 8/20/14 and has 5 weeks of a school. When should I be expecting him to graduate a school?

Short schools are often on track, so perhaps 6 or 7 weeks.  There is no way to pin down an exact timeline, as he may fill in a class so it can begin, or have to wait for more graduates to make a whole class.   Any A school tends to be a hurry up and wait scenario.  

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