[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR630.603]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 630--ABSENCE AND LEAVE--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart F--Home Leave
 
Sec. 630.603  Computation of service abroad.

    For the purpose of this subpart, service abroad:
    (a) Begins on the date of the employee's arrival at a post of duty 
outside the United States, or on the date of his entrance on duty when 
recruited abroad;
    (b) Ends on the date of the employee's departure from the post for 
separation or for assignment in the United States, or on the date of his 
separation from duty when separated abroad; and
    (c) Includes (1) absence in a nonpay status up to a maximum of 2 
workweeks within each 12 months of service abroad, (2) authorized leave 
with pay, (3) time spent in the Armed Forces of the United States which 
interrupts service abroad (but only for eligibility, not leave-earning, 
purposes), and (4) a period of detail.

In computing service abroad, full credit is given for the day of arrival 
and the day of departure.

[33 FR 12475, Sept. 4, 1968, as amended at 35 FR 14763, Sept. 23, 1970]