Use of Military Leave

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5 U.S.C. 6323(a) provides 15 days per fiscal year for active duty, active duty training, and inactive duty training performed by a Reserve of the armed forces or a member of the National Guard.


Inactive duty training is authorized training performed by a member of a Reserve component not on active duty and consists of regularly scheduled unit training periods, additional training periods, and equivalent training.


5 U.S.C. 6323(b) provides 22 workdays per calendar year for emergency duty as ordered by the President, the Secretary of Defense, or a State Governor.


5 U.S.C. 6323(c) provides unlimited military leave to members of the National Guard of the District of Columbia for certain types of duty ordered or authorized under title 39 of the D.C. Code.


5 U.S.C. 6323(d) provides that Reserve and National Guard Technicians are entitled to 44 workdays of military leave for duties overseas under certain conditions.


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