The Department of Defense is committed
to taking care of our people to promote
the well being and work life balance of
our military families. We've expanded
our parental leave benefits. Service
members who welcome a child into their
family through birth, adoption,
adoption placement, or long term
foster care placement now get 12
weeks of parental leave. It's paid and
non chargeable and it's in addition to
convalescent leave authorized for the
recovery of the birth parent. You have
a year to use it and you can now take
it non continuously in increments as
short as a week.
For more information about the military
parental leave program and your
entitlements, contact your services
personnel support center.