{"id":18989,"date":"2020-12-03T22:14:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T22:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/03\/big-navy-post-leave-rom-cant-be-charged-to-your-personal-leave-time\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:57:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:57:39","slug":"big-navy-post-leave-rom-cant-be-charged-to-your-personal-leave-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/12\/03\/big-navy-post-leave-rom-cant-be-charged-to-your-personal-leave-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Navy: Post-leave \u2018ROM\u2019 can\u2019t be charged to your personal leave time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you were lucky enough to get leave outside of your duty station area this holiday season, you will likely have to self-quarantine for 14 days upon returning, before heading back to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But contrary to what your chain of command or Grinch of a chief might have told you, that two-week restriction of movement, or ROM, can\u2019t be charged to your personal leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A message sent to the fleet<\/a> last month by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday codified the policy after some uncertainty about post-leave ROMs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPersonnel executing a Restriction of Movement (ROM) are considered to be in a duty status and ROM periods will not be counted as annual leave,\u201d the CNO\u2019s message states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navy Times has recently been contacted by sailors who said their commands warned they would have to use their own time off for the post-leave ROM, and a Navy release<\/a> announcing CNO\u2019s reflects the uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\t