SAF Leave Types Guide for NSFs
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Most NSF leave confusion does not come from complicated policy. It comes from using the same casual word for very different things.
"Leave," "off," "MC," "time off," and "my commander said can" all get thrown around like they mean the same thing. They do not. And once the unit schedule gets busy, that fuzzy understanding becomes annoying very quickly.
The useful way to think about SAF leave is simple: understand what kind of absence you are asking for, what approval it needs, and what proof or timing goes with it.
