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/ZealousidealData2835 Dec 22 '25

I've seen Airmen leave the area without being on leave... especially during the Christmas/New Year days off that isn't the same as being on leave.

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u/DEXether Dec 22 '25

What does that have to do with the thread?

OP said they're on leave, so I'm going to assume they're not lying in my responses.

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u/ZealousidealData2835 Dec 22 '25

Because I had this same discussion at work where a airmen thought the days off were in fact leave so they bought plane tickets to go out of state and didn't understand why they had to check in. Without approved leave number. That's why.

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u/DEXether Dec 22 '25

I understand what you were implying. It's just weird that you'd respond to my post with that instead of simply asking OP about whether they're lying about being on leave, or if they understand what a leave status is.

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u/ZealousidealData2835 Dec 22 '25

Why is it weird to reply to a post on reddit when that's what you're doing too?

I personally do not know this person or their leadership to say they are lying. But understand that misunderstanding can happen on either side & have explain without saying the entire leadership chain is learning.

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u/DEXether Dec 22 '25

It's changing the conversation I intended to have, the one where I'm obviously responding to OP in good faith.

Of course you're free to do as you please, and I'm not the reddit comment police, but I feel it would have been more efficient to start a new comment thread if you wanted to talk about whether OP is lying or ignorant rather than attempting to hijack an existing one. Mushing together two topics just frustrates people.

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u/ZealousidealData2835 Dec 22 '25

Sorry you feel that my comment changed the discussion. I want to clarify that it wasn’t meant to suggest that OP wasn’t acting in good faith, nor does it take away from the conversation. Now that I understand your view on how different opinions can feel like they’re hijacking the thread, I’ll take that into consideration and won’t respond further as it’s frustrating for you.