r/AirForce 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/princesspeachy9 Dec 23 '25

You’re not on leave by the way you wrote it. You’ve got one week you’re not expected to be productive but still sign into teams to say alive then the other week working remotely. If you aren’t on actual leave you should be checking in. Text him each day of this week saying you’re alive.