MCO 1050.3J governs Marine Corps regulations for leave, liberty, and administrative absence.
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It establishes policies and procedures for annual, emergency, foreign, graduation, excess, and terminal leave. It also addresses liberty limits, leave accounting, medical restrictions, administrative absence, and PDMRA requirements.
Applies to: This Order is applicable to the Marine Corps Total Force.
Commanders shall ensure that an aggressive leave program is established in order to provide Marines respite from the work environment in ways that shall contribute to their improved performance and increased motivation. (paragraph 3)
Commanders shall ensure the instructions set herein are implemented and that their established policies provide for frequent annual leave use to reduce leave being lost and to reduce the cost for unused accrued leave payments. (paragraph 4)
Requires commanders to record leave into MCTFS when leave is combined with temporary additional duty (TAD). (paragraph 9)
Adds that commanders shall (opposed to may) grant paternity leave for 10 days following birth of a child, per NDAA 2009. (paragraph 8)
The minimum duration of initial deployment to the area of responsibility (AOR) is four consecutive months (120-consecutive days) to be eligible for PDMRA. (paragraph 7)