Civilians in uniform

‘Air Force Offers Airmen 3 Years of Family Leave’

“The U.S. Air Force plans to start allowing some airmen this year to take three years of family leave as part of a pilot program designed to boost retention, according to the service's head of personnel.”

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"’Some women ... leave the Air Force because they want to start a family,’ Cox said. ‘So why don't we have a program that allows them, in some cases, to be able to separate from the Air Force for a short period of time, get the family started, then come back in?’"

An Air Force wife said: "Let's just get a real policy together that isn't specific to the military. Overhaul paternity and maternity leave policies at the national policy level and then get on with life as usual."

A federal maternity policy. What could possibly go wrong?

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/05/15/air-force-offers-airmen-3-years-of-family-leave.html?comp=7000023435630&rank=1