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how soon after boot camp to seal challenge enlistees get to take their first leave
Hi Kip,
The Marines and Coast Guard give 10 days of leave, immediately following graduation from basic training. They're the only services which do this.
The other services allow the first leave, immediately following job training, prior to reassignment to the first duty station.
In other words, if you pass the PST and are accepted to BUDS, you'll get your first leave upon gradution from BUDS, before you report to your first duty station.
If you don't pass the PST, or fail BUDS and are transfered to an "A-School," you'll receive your first leave upon graduation from A-School, before going to your first duty assignment.
If you happen to be in A-School during the Christmas period, students are generally allowed to take 10 (or so) days of leave during this period, as most Military job schools pretty much "close down" during the Christmas New Years period, in order to give the staff a chance to take leave.
For details, see my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/joiningup/a/recruiter9.htm (especially page 2).
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military Information Site at http://usmilitary.about.com Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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