MCO 1050.16A governs appellate leave for Marines awaiting punitive separation and addresses appellate leave administration by NAMALA.
View MCO 1050.16A on armypubs.army.mil
It covers voluntary and involuntary appellate leave, leave and pay, service record transfers, travel, medical and dental care, transition assistance, and status. It also sets provisions for appellate review waivers, records retention, and reservists serving on active duty.
Applies to: This order is applicable to reservists serving in an active duty status.
If all confinement has been served, but the court-martial sentence is pending approval by the convening authority (CA), the Marine may submit a written request for voluntary appellate leave to the officer in the chain of command exercising general court-martial jurisdiction (OEGCMJ). (paragraph 4)
If the Marine was not approved for voluntary appellate leave, the OEGCMJ will order a Marine sentenced by a court-martial to a punitive discharge or dismissal onto involuntary appellate leave upon the CA approving the sentence. (paragraph 7)
In order to be placed on involuntary appellate leave, the punitive discharge or dismissal must be unsuspended and all approved confinement and parole must be served. (paragraph 7)
Marines in an unauthorized absence or desertion status or in the hands of civilian authorities may not be placed on appellate leave until they have been returned to control of their parent commands. (paragraph 7)
Marines allowed to take voluntary appellate leave shall be charged accrued leave until such leave is exhausted, unless the Marine’s ECC has expired, in which case all leave is lost. (paragraph 9)