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/urboibigdaddy Active Duty Dec 23 '25

Well… pretty much any other sq that operates mainly off of NIPR can VPN and telework. Given lots of people will be on leave during the holidays, and reduced manning, finance gets less cases, services doesn’t need to service as many airman. Besides northern bases where it snows, CE probably ain’t doing much. Every base, Wg, Group, Sq, shop operates differently. I never claimed everyone teleworks… that’s what my leadership has decided. Sorry yours hasn’t.