home leave
Military family visit
Home leave is authorized time away from a duty station, typically for military personnel or government employees stationed abroad, allowing them to return to their home country.
The term emphasizes that the leave is specifically for going home, distinguishing it from ordinary vacation time: Foreign service officers accrue home leave after eighteen months overseas.
In some contexts, home leave refers to temporary release from an institution like a prison or hospital to visit family.
- furloughGranted absence from work
- vacationLeisure time away
- time offScheduled absence from duties
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- returnGo back again
family · loved ones · soldier · absence · long absence · reunion · welcome back · visit · overseas · stationed · barracks · permission · duty · respite · homecoming · front door · shore · pass
- expatexpat, expat community, expat bubble, relocation, overseas posting
- expat lifeexpat communities, repatriation, host country, trailing spouses
- expatsexpats, expat communities, relocation, foreign workers, trailing spouses
- military leavefurlough, pass, R&R, AWOL, weekend pass
home leavedesertion
Unlawful abandonment of duty
AWOL · unauthorized absence · absence without leave · absconding · defection
home leaveactive duty
Current military employment status
deployment · tour of duty · active service · overseas assignment · on duty
home leavedeployment
Organized distribution of resources
foreign posting · overseas posting · overseas deployment · foreign assignment
home, leave, homes, homed, homing, homeless, homely, homeward, homewards