{"id":21059,"date":"2018-06-08T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/08\/air-force-expands-parental-leave\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:35:30","slug":"air-force-expands-parental-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/06\/08\/air-force-expands-parental-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force expands parental leave for new parents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force on Friday announced an expansion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2015\/07\/08\/new-air-force-rules-give-new-moms-longer-break-from-deployments\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">parental leave<\/a> for fathers, same-sex couples, and adoptive and surrogate parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Female airmen who give birth were previously allowed to take 12 consecutive weeks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/01\/15\/maternity-leave-will-increase-james-says\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">maternity convalescent leave<\/a>, according to a release Friday. Airmen whose spouse gave birth also were previously allowed to take 10 days of non-chargeable leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the release said, the Air Force will offer three forms of non-chargeable leave: Six weeks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/education-transition\/jobs\/2015\/07\/14\/air-force-extends-pt-exemptions-after-birth-miscarriage-to-a-year\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">maternity leave<\/a>, six weeks of primary caregiver leave, and three weeks of secondary caregiver leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But caregiver leave is given in addition to convalescent leave, meaning that the total amount of leave birth mothers can take won\u2019t change.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/02\/09\/air-force-s-new-12-week-maternity-leave-began-feb-5\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635792211389662738-2140200jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force&#8217;s new 12-week maternity leave began Feb. 5<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force is now granting 12 weeks of paid maternity leave to all active-duty female airmen as of Feb. 5.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Covered service members who are having a child through birth, adoption or surrogacy will decide which parent is the primary caregiver and which is the secondary caregiver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force said airmen should decide which parent is primary and which is secondary as early as possible. Parents cannot transfer their leave to one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The allotted time off can be taken any time within the first year after a child\u2019s birth or adoption, the Air Force said, but it has to be taken at once and cannot be split up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force in 2016 doubled the amount of maternity leave from six weeks to 12. 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