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AR 600-8-10 — LEAVES AND PASSES
AR 600-8-10: leave policy, leave accrual, chargeable leave. Explore the scope overview and open the official Army source.
Official Army source
GreenBook provides independent scope overviews and catalog metadata. The official source controls the text, applicability, changes, and status; check associated directives before applying policy.
What this publication covers
AR 600-8-10 organizes Army leave and pass policy. It is the starting publication for questions involving leave administration, chargeable leave, special leave accrual, and absence categories. Soldiers often arrive with a travel question, but leave approval and travel entitlements are distinct subjects, so identifying the type of absence is more useful than assuming one rule applies to every trip.
The publication's leave-policy chapter leads into more specific categories and processing topics. For a request, gather the relevant dates, duty status, and category before opening the official text with your unit personnel office. Later Army and DoD guidance may affect subjects such as parental leave; this overview does not assign a number of authorized days or decide eligibility. GreenBook supplies a route to the source and related personnel references. Check associated guidance rather than using an old downloaded PDF as the only basis for an absence decision.
- Leave policy
- Leave accrual
- Chargeable leave
- Special leave accrual
- Passes and absence administration
Who commonly uses it
Soldiers planning leave or passes, supervisors coordinating absences, and personnel staff processing requests.
Where to start in the official publication
These headings were checked against the linked edition's contents. Open the PDF and use its contents or find function; page numbering can differ by viewer.
- Chapter 2: Policy for Leave
- Chapter 4: Chargeable Leave
Common questions
What Army regulation covers leave?
AR 600-8-10 is the leave and passes reference. Review the official regulation together with later applicable Army and DoD guidance for the particular absence category.
Does leave approval determine travel allowances?
No. Absence administration and travel entitlements are different questions. Consult the appropriate travel authority and personnel office for a specific trip.
Publication details and freshness
- Publication number
- AR 600-8-10
- Publication type
- AR
- Issuing authority / proponent
- Department of the Army · G-1
- APD source status
- ACTIVE
- Publication date
- 2020-06-03
- Revision date listed by APD
- 2020-06-03
- Last source verification
- 2026-10-09
- Distribution
- A APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED
Earlier editions replaced by this publication: RESCINDED ARMY DIR 2013-24, 11/07/2013; RESCINDED ARMY DIR 2019-05, 01/22/2019; SUPERSEDED AR 600-8-10, 02/15/2006. This is edition history, not a claim that the displayed publication is superseded.
APD status and distribution evidence ↗Last verification records a manual source check. GreenBook does not automatically guarantee that no later guidance has been issued.
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