http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/07/11/alabamas-senators-vote-against-our-troops/ The Unpredictable Union of Pragmatism, Idealism, and Cynicism Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:58:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/07/11/alabamas-senators-vote-against-our-troops/#comment-6691 Don Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:51:32 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/07/11/alabamas-senators-vote-against-our-troops/#comment-6691 Actually, according to the linked article, Webb's bill would require "longer troop rest periods between combat deployments", which is quite different from "leave". Those rest periods could still be either overseas out of a combat area or stateside from the way the article is worded. Leave, sometimes called furlough, is when a service member can leave their unit and go anywhere on their own. Unless things have changed since my time in service, each member is authorized 30 days of ordinary leave time each year, subject to the needs of the unit. Actually, according to the linked article, Webb’s bill would require “longer troop rest periods between combat deployments”, which is quite different from “leave”. Those rest periods could still be either overseas out of a combat area or stateside from the way the article is worded. Leave, sometimes called furlough, is when a service member can leave their unit and go anywhere on their own. Unless things have changed since my time in service, each member is authorized 30 days of ordinary leave time each year, subject to the needs of the unit.

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