---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptII/ch40"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 40"
heading: "Leave"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch40"
sections_count: 15
---

# Chapter 40 — Leave

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle A — General Military Law › Part II — Personnel

## Sections

- [§701. Entitlement and accumulation](/usc/10/701.md)
- [§702. Cadets and midshipmen](/usc/10/702.md)
- [§703. Reenlistment leave](/usc/10/703.md)
- [§704. Use of leave; regulations](/usc/10/704.md)
- [§704a. Administration of leave: prohibition on authorizing, granting, or assigning leave not expressly authorized by law](/usc/10/704a.md)
- [§705. Rest and recuperation absence: qualified members extending duty at designated locations overseas](/usc/10/705.md)
- [§705a. Rest and recuperation absence: certain members undergoing extended deployment to a combat zone](/usc/10/705a.md)
- [§706. Administration of leave required to be taken](/usc/10/706.md)
- [§707. Payment upon disapproval of certain court-martial sentences for excess leave required to be taken](/usc/10/707.md)
- [§707a. Payment upon disapproval of certain board of inquiry recommendations for excess leave required to be taken](/usc/10/707a.md)
- [§708. Educational leave of absence](/usc/10/708.md)
- [§709. Emergency leave of absence](/usc/10/709.md)
- [§709a. Expenses incurred in connection with leave canceled due to contingency operations: reimbursement](/usc/10/709a.md)
- [§710. Career flexibility to enhance retention of members](/usc/10/710.md)
- [§710a. Parental leave for members of certain reserve components of the armed forces](/usc/10/710a.md)