The Department of Defense announced April 18 a program to compensate service members who deploy or who are mobilized beyond rotation policy goals. The targets for active and guard/reserve units are one year deployed to two years at home station (1:2) and one year mobilized to five years demobilized (1:5) respectively. If the goals are not met, “Administrative absence” will be granted as follows:
One day for each month a service member is deployed more than 12 of 36 consecutive months of active duty or more than 12 months of a 72-month period mobilized for the guard/reserves;
Two days when thresholds of more than 18 of 36 consecutive months for active duty or 18 of 72 months for the guard/reserve are exceeded; and
Four days when thresholds of more than 24 of 36 consecutive months for active duty or 24 of 72 months for the guard/reserve are exceeded.
