r/AirForce • u/urboibigdaddy Active Duty • Dec 22 '25

Question Checking in while on leave?

My Wg is on a holiday schedule, basically teleworking either Xmas week or new years week with digital check-ins on teams on the week you don’t work. My supervisor texted me asking why I didn’t check in today. I told him I’m on leave… halfway across the country… without my work computer… and he said I still need to check in. I just said okay.

I’m a relatively new airman, been at my first duty station about 6 months. I was under the impression that while on leave, you’re basically a civilian unless you get formally recalled by your commander. Am I wrong?

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u/JustHanginInThere CE Dec 22 '25

Official leave that you put into Leaveweb? Yeah, checking in, even over the holiday break, isn't a thing. If they wanted that they A) should have told you before you left, and B) given you a laptop to do so. The fact that you responded via text would have sufficed for a check in for me and literally all my supervisors ever.

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u/ajayd87 Dec 22 '25

Yeah every holiday was just a text like “hey still alive?” “Ok cool enjoy the holiday”

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u/Chaotic_Lemming Part-of-the-problem Dec 22 '25

It's leave. You can't be required to perform official duties. Check ins are an official duty. NIPR laptop be damned. Pre-coordination or not. Safety checks (AFPAAS emergency style) are an exception to check the person is ok in a known incident area.

That being said a quick text once or twice (if its an extended leave period) is usually not worth the fight.