Leave (military)
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In military forces, leave is a permission to be away from one's unit, either for a specified or unspecified period of time.
The term
AWOL, standing for absent without leave, is a term for desertion
used in the armed forces of many English-speaking countries.
Various militaries have specific rules that regulate leaves. British troops in World War I received leave for "Blighty" every 15 months.[1]
"Block leave" is the time allotted to be spent with families independently of their units and where they must not report to their units while on rotation from their tours.
A furlough is an extended period of leave from front line service in order to return home. For example, during
soldiers on leave were called "furlough men" [2]
See also
References
- ^ Littledale, Harold A. (December 1918). "With the Tanks — I. Anatomy and Habitat". The Atlantic. pp. 836–848.
- ^ "Furlough Scheme | NZETC". Nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
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