Thread: X-mas Exodus and Time After AIT

Going in the hole on leave is a pretty typical situation after basic and AIT, and there is normally no problem with doing so. HOWEVER, much will depend on when your AIT class starts. If the schedule allows, there should be no problem with you taking leave between basic and AIT. Taht may not be the answer you're looking for - but that's what I have to give. Good luck!

Originally Posted by matt

You could always do HRAP. I was in the same boat as you last year. After OCS I did HRAP and moved on to my next assignment. Used 0 days of my leave.

Great advice!! I have taken S-Rap two times already. Once after my deployment and then when I was going to WOCS.

Anyway, I have over 50 days of leave and cannot wait to burn some lol.

Yes, That's what I did, after graduating BCT, My mom and pop signed me out and we headed home. I called my recruiter SGT Chapman on the way home and explained that I had a fourteen day window to come home and work. I had no problems and reported back for AIT two weeks later ..that's just me, it could be different for other Soldiers, it all comes down to how you're contract reads with you're reporting dates. I'm glad, I did it, when I reported for AIT, we had to wait eight weeks for our class slots to open up. We did PT and Army landscaping work for two months. lol..

I was told by my SFC that he has NO CONTROL over who gets HRAP. It is solely in the hands of your DS's. HRAP is AFTER BCT/AIT. You usually get up to two weeks of leave anyway after AIT, but HRAP would add another two weeks to that totaling up to 30 days of leave.

Originally Posted by Christopher

I was told by my SFC that he has NO CONTROL over who gets HRAP. It is solely in the hands of your DS's. HRAP is AFTER BCT/AIT. You usually get up to two weeks of leave anyway after AIT, but HRAP would add another two weeks to that totaling up to 30 days of leave.

Many Soldiers get approved for HRAP during their exodus, so it's not just for AIT. Most commander's are not going to approve 30 days of leave after AIT. That being said, with the number of trainees going home (you should have seen the buses and Soldiers lined up around FLW the past couple days), many don't get approved during EXODUS). The norm for leave before signing into a new duty station after AIT is 10 days. All leave is subject to commander approval.