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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Thu Feb 17, 2022, 11:58 AM Feb 2022

Sailors, Marines to Get an Extra Week of Leave to Welcome New Baby

Marines and sailors will get an additional week of leave to bond with their new baby or adopted child under announcements from the services on Monday.

The maximum amount of leave for "secondary caregivers" increased from 14 days to 21 days effective Feb. 11, according to administrative messages released by the Navy and the Marine Corps.

Once known as paternity leave, secondary caregiver leave is usually for the parent who did not give birth, although military families have leeway to designate who are the primary and secondary caregivers.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/02/15/sailors-marines-get-extra-week-of-leave-welcome-new-baby.html

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Sailors, Marines to Get an Extra Week of Leave to Welcome New Baby (Original Post) Sherman A1 Feb 2022 OP
21 whole days XanaDUer2 Feb 2022 #1
Better than nothing, but it's still totally wrong PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #2

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,848 posts)
2. Better than nothing, but it's still totally wrong
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 09:37 PM
Mar 2022

that this country does not give decent leave for new parents.

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