Emergency & Compassionate Leave Coordination

Expedited 4 to 12 hour clearance processing for active duty personnel experiencing critical immediate family medical emergencies, severe trauma, or imminent bereavement.

Expedited 3-Step Emergency Protocol

How deployed service members and family sponsors initiate expedited clearance without administrative delays.

1

File Clearance Dossier

Immediate family or command liaison submits the service member's travel destination on this portal selecting Emergency Leave for priority clearance routing.

2

Command Verification

The on-duty reviewing officer audits patient medical status, hospital liaison records, and initiates station sign-off within 4 to 12 hours.

3

Immediate Transit Orders

The command desk issues an expedited Form DA-31 authorized leave pass with priority military air (Space-A) or commercial airline routing.

Military Emergency Aircraft Transit

Overseas Emergency Travel Entitlements

Under Title 10 U.S.C. § 1047 and DoD Instruction 1327.02, personnel stationed outside the continental United States (OCONUS) or aboard deployed vessels are authorized government-funded air transport to the continental United States for verified emergency leave.

File Emergency Leave Dossier