Leave authority on attach posting

[valcartier]

Hello. I am currently attach posted to a unit for OJE during the summer. I am seeking clarification for the following questions WRT leave. Both my gaining unit and home unit have given very mixed answers and some are not even aware of what an attach posting does administratively.

1. Who is the appropriate approval authority for leave during an attach posting? Is it the gaining unit or the home unit CoC? Both my gaining and home unit says its themselves
2. I was told by someone that members on subsidized education at RMC are not entitled to short leave. Is this true? I can't find a reference anywhere. My gaining unit CO has approved two shorts per month for everyone and I'm looking to take it IAW their leave plans

Thanks in advance

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Don’t have the leave manual in front of me, but from memory:

1. The unit you are attach posted to has the authority to grant leave for the period you are with them. If you apply for leave that extends past your AP period, your home unit would approve (generally the two units consult).

2. Short leave. I would need more context before answering this question. COs have the authority to grant up to two short days per month. I don’t see what being an RMC Cadet has to do with that, but, generally RMC cadets are covered off with special leave (academic) during the summer, once they have burned all their annual leave, instead of short.

 

[valcartier]

Don’t have the leave manual in front of me, but from memory:

1. The unit you are attach posted to has the authority to grant leave for the period you are with them. If you apply for leave that extends past your AP period, your home unit would approve (generally the two units consult).

2. Short leave. I would need more context before answering this question. COs have the authority to grant up to two short days per month. I don’t see what being an RMC Cadet has to do with that, but, generally RMC cadets are covered off with special leave (academic) during the summer, once they have burned all their annual leave, instead of short.

The context here is I am trying to take leave that matches my gaining unit’s leave plan, but am being told by my RMC CoC that we are not eligible for shorts and that the gaining unit CO does not “have permission” to approve leave for me, both of which I cannot find references for. I haven’t burned all my annuals yet.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

The context here is I am trying to take leave that matches my gaining unit’s leave plan, but am being told by my RMC CoC that we are not eligible for shorts and that the gaining unit CO does not “have permission” to approve leave for me, both of which I cannot find references for. I haven’t burned all my annuals yet.

Completely incorrect about leave authority.

 

[valcartier]

Completely incorrect about leave authority.

That is what I thought as well. WRT short leave, the language in the leave manual is the same, where the CO or his delegate may approve up to two shorts per month for a member of a unit. Nowhere there or the respective QR&O chapter does it reference eligibility while on subsidized education at all.

 

[MJP]

As long as you're showing back up to RMC with all the right leave burnt, it shouldn't be an issue to them and really they have no authority if you're properly attached posted. However, if you're getting short leave and not burning all your annual leave that you need to burn during the summer leave, then if I was them I'd be talking to your AP unit and saying "Hey, here's the situation"


Not saying this is the case here but having managed a very large BTL, a lot of officer cadets and NCM have tried to game the system to be able to accumulate leave at the end of the year.

I was usually pretty direct with both the member and the unit. If you don't burn the amount of leave required, I will pull you back into my organization and cancel the attach posting.

Again not saying that's the case here. Just pointing out that is where RMC could be coming from. If you're not trying to game the system, you could probably alleviate this partially by making sure they understand that you will come back with all your proper leave burnt.