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Evidence of Duty Performed While on Military Leave
An employee granted military leave is required to furnish a copy of his or her military orders, properly endorsed to show duty performed, or other official evidence of duty performed. In the case of an employee granted military leave under 5 U.S.C. 6323(d), the military orders must show one of the title 10 authorities (i.e., 12301(b) or 12301(d)) and the period of active duty that the employee consented to serve without pay.
Military Leave Not Used for All Types of Military Duty
Military leave may not be granted for the following types of military duty:
- Summer training as members of Reserve Officers Training Corps when employees must be carried in a LWOP status;
- Temporary Coast Guard Reserve (see 23 Comptroller General 916);
- Participation in parades by members of the State National Guard;
- Training with a State defense organization or a State military organization which is not part of the National Guard, or any other organization created by the State in the absence of the State National Guard during an emergency (23 Comptroller General 92);
- Civil Air Patrol established as a civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (Act of May 1948, 62 Stat. 274);
- Time taken on a workday for traveling to the location where training is scheduled to take place, unless military orders encompass the period of travel time required (see unpublished Comptroller General decision B-138990, April 22, 1959); or
- Active duty as a commissioned officer in the Reserve Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service or the NOAA Corps.