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Soldiers must provide documentation to support their claim (e.g., DA Form 31 or LES) and submit it through the unit S1 or Personnel Administrative Center. Paternity leave must be taken within 45 days of the child's birth; deployed Soldiers must take the leave within 60 days after returning from deployment. Leave not taken within the established timeframe will be lost. Single Soldiers who father a child out-of-wedlock are not eligible for paternity leave.
The plan has the flexibility to increase some deployments to seven months compared with the normal six-month assignments, the Navy said this week. Efforts will be made to keep deployments to six months, officials said, and if any cruise must last beyond seven months, the Navy's top admiral must be asked for permission. Although the policy assures sailors as much time at home as on deployment, there could be exceptions.