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Air Force (DAF) Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route DAF Forms 847
from the field through the appropriate functional chain of command. This publication may be
supplemented at any level, but all supplements that directly implement this publication must be
routed to the office of responsibility for coordination. All major command (MAJCOM)-level
supplements must be approved by the Human Resource Management Strategic Board prior to
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and Procedures, for a description of the authorities associated with the tier numbers. Submit
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES
This document has been substantially revised and needs to be completely reviewed. This
instruction applies to uniformed members of the Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and the
Air National Guard serving under the provisions of 10 USC or full-time under Title 32 USC. This
instruction also applies to the USSF unless and until such time as separate service guidance is
published. In this event, USSF guidance shall prevail in application to the USSF. This instruction
incorporates the updated Military Parental Leave Program (MPLP) implemented by Directive
Type Memorandum (DTM) 23-001, Expansion of Paid Parental Leave, which eliminates the
primary and secondary caregivers’ leave designation and grants service members up to 12 weeks
of non-chargeable leave following the birth, placement of a minor child for adoption (if adopted,
only one 12-week period) or placement of a minor child with the member for long-term foster care.
Additionally, this instruction incorporates the new bereavement leave policy that was implemented
by DTM 23-003, Bereavement Leave for Service Members, effective 25 June 2022, which grants
service members up to 14 days of non-chargeable leave for the death of a spouse or child.
Furthermore, this instruction includes updates to the PTDY Table, which outlines the new rules to
update LeaveWeb for parental (Rules 26-28) and bereavement (Rules 29-30) leave, and
incorporates the new rule (Rule 25) for Non-Covered Reproductive Health Care, which allows
commanders to grant service members up to 21 days of an administrative absence to receive, or
accompany a dependent receiving, non-covered reproductive health care, whether or not it is
available within the local area of their duty location. Moreover, this instruction incorporates the
changes to Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1327.06, Leave and Liberty Policy and
Procedures, which reduces the maximum number of days of SLA from 120 to 90, changes the
approval authority for SLA to the first Brigadier General (O-7) in the chain of command, reduces
the time period SLA must be taken from three years to two along with administrative changes to
the convalescent leave guidance. Also, the update includes separate chapters for chargeable and
non-chargeable leave types along with new tables that display the leave types in one location, the
addition of Rule 11 to the convalescent leave table which authorizes convalescent leave for adult
maltreatment, change to Rule 1 of the PTDY table which eliminates the requirement for service
members to end their 10 days of house hunting after signing a lease or buying a house, authority
to use terminal leave when separating under the career intermission program (CIP), an exception
which allows service members to combine ordinary leave with a TDY, PTDY, parental and