Does anyone know how leave works when a soldier is stationed in Korea? Does it accrue at the normal rate, and can you take it whenever you want? Or is it more like a deployment to the middle east
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Korea is more or less a normal duty station. Although technically still at war, it is not a combat theater. Leave accrues at the normal rate (leave accrues at the normal rate in Iraq too, btw). A soldier can take leave whenever his or her command permits, as they would stateside. Typically, since the tour is only a year long, soldiers traditionally take "mid-tour" leave. Usually a couple of weeks or so near the mid-point of their tour. But this is not a hard-and-fast rule.
It will be far easier for your SO in Korea to plan leave. He should talk to his command there as soon as he can about it, and explain the situation. It will be more difficult to take leave from Iraq, so it is best if you plan around a known date from his calendar.
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It will be far easier for your SO in Korea to plan leave. He should talk to his command there as soon as he can about it, and explain the situation. It will be more difficult to take leave from Iraq, so it is best if you plan around a known date from his calendar.
Good luck with both your tours!
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