CLARIFICATION OF REGULATIONS REGARDING LEAVE ACCURED WHILE SERVING IN A COMBAT ZONE
Date Signed: 10/4/2005 | MARADMINS Number: 462/05
MARADMINS : 462/05

R 040053Z OCT 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 462/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP//
SUBJ/CLARIFICATION OF REGULATIONS REGARDING LEAVE ACCURED WHILE
/SERVING IN A COMBAT ZONE//
REF/A/DOC/USD COMP/YMD:19990210//
REF/B/DOC/USD PR/YMD:20050422//
REF/C/TITLE X U.S.C/-/-//
REF/D/DOC/MCO P1050.3H/-//
POC/L.A. BAUER/MAJ/MPO-40/-/TEL:703-784-9387/TEL:DSN 278-9387//
NARR/REF A IS DODFMR CHAPTER 35 REF B IS DOD INSTRUCTION 1327.6,
LEAVE AND LIBERTY REF C IS TITLE X, U.S.C. REF D IS REGULATIONS FOR
LEAVE AND LIBERTY//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN IS TWO FOLD:
A. TO CLARIFY THE POLICY PERTAINING TO ANNUAL LEAVE EARNED WHILE
SERVING IN A COMBAT ZONE.
B. TO REITERATE THE POLICY REGARDING SPECIAL LEAVE ACCRUAL.
2. LEAVE EARNED WHILE IN A COMBAT ZONE (CZTE). THIS LEAVE IS
DEFINED AS COMBAT ZONE TAX EXCLUSION (CZTE) LEAVE. MARINES
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS SURROUNDING THE
UTILIZATION OF CZTE LEAVE, THE FEDERAL AND STATE TAX BENEFITS IT
PROVIDES, AND HOW THIS LEAVE IS CHARGED. FIRST, CZTE LEAVE IS
UTILIZED LIKE ANNUAL LEAVE EXCEPT THE TAXABLE WAGES EARNED DURING
THE LEAVE PERIOD ARE EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL AND STATE TAX WITHHOLDING.
THIS ACTION IS ACCOMPLISHED AUTOMATICALLY WITHIN MCTFS. SECOND, IF
SOLD BACK, THIS LEAVE IS SOLD AT THE BASIC PAY RATE BUT IS NOT
SUBJECT TO FEDERAL AND STATE TAX WITHHOLDING. THIRD, CZTE LEAVE
IS SAVED ONLY UNTIL THE NEXT LEAVE TAKEN FOLLOWING THE COMBAT TOUR
IN WHICH IT WAS EARNED.
3. SPECIAL LEAVE ACCRUAL (SLA). REF C EXPLAINS THE ENTITLEMENT TO
ACCRUE LEAVE IN EXCESS OF 60 DAYS AND UP TO THE MAXIMUM OF 120
DAYS, BASED UPON QUALIFYING CIRCUMSTANCES (E.G., SERVICE IN
A COMBAT ZONE). SLA MUST BE APPROVED BY BATTALION AND SQUADRON
COMMANDING OFFICERS, AND THOSE COMMANDING OFFICERS DESIGNATED IN
REF D, BASED UPON A MEMBER'S DEPLOYMENT OF 120 CONTINUOUS DAYS
WHERE IMMINENT DANGER PAY OR HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY IS AUTHORIZED
(E.G., CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS) OR WHERE A MARINE WAS DENIED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE LEAVE BECAUSE OF SUPPORT TO CONTINGENCY
OPERATIONS (EVEN THOUGH THE MARINE DID NOT DEPLOY). GUIDANCE IS
PUBLISHED ANNUALLY VIA MARADMIN (401/05).
4. THE ABOVE LEAVE EARNED WHILE SERVING IN A COMBAT ZONE IS
DEDUCTED FROM THE MARINE'S ANNUAL LEAVE ACCOUNT. THERE IS NO
"BASKET LEAVE". COMMANDERS SHALL ESTABLISH AND REGULATE LEAVE
SCHEDULES TO PROVIDE FOR MAXIMUM USE OF EARNED LEAVE BY ALL MARINES.//