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‘Reservists should get administrative leave’
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Posted on Aug 08 2004
Members of the House of Representatives have called on the governor and heads of different agencies to grant administrative leave to military reservists called to active duty when their accrued annual leave is exhausted.
A House Joint Resolution, introduced by Rep. Justo Quitugua and signed by several of his colleagues, said that some of the CNMI reservists who will be deployed to Iraq will have accrued limited annual leave time insufficient to cover the extended leave of absence from work.
It said that granting administrative leave to these personnel would be important since members of the CNMI Army Reserve “have existing financial obligations.”
“It is our obligation to accord our service members safeguards, assistance, and protection to give them the peace of mind to focus on their tasks at hand,” it said.
The resolution cites the Personnel Service System Rules and Regulations, which allow administrative leave not to exceed 15 days in any calendar year to members of the U.S. National Guard and Reserve components of the Armed Forces.
Most of the CNMI’s 83 reservists who trained in Hawaii last July have been given deployment orders of up to 18 months, including a six-month intensive training beginning this month. (Liberty Dones)
