
For every month off, a Soldier owes the Army two months of active duty service. They are paid 1/15 of their base pay during their time away.

Service members return after their break with the same rank and same time in service when they left. The program is selective, Eggerton said, noting the Army is looking for enlisted members and officers who have the greatest need for this benefit. The program allows the Army to retain service members who otherwise might have left, he said.
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The program is designed for "our best people who have a future in the Army and have future career success on the horizon but are facing challenges in their own personal life or in their professional development lives that the Army can't meet," Eggerton said. During that time, they will be in the Individual Ready Reserve, or IRR. Eggerton, with the Career Intermission Pilot Program, G-1. The program allows up to 20 enlisted Soldiers and 20 officers each year to take a break from service for up to three years, said Albert S. She chose both with help from the Career Intermission Pilot Program. Should she reenlist in the Army or hang up her uniform and go be a lawyer?īut the drill sergeant on Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, who has been in the Army for eight years, didn't have to choose between the Army or law school.

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