Leave

From USAFA Folklore

During the year, cadets have ususally been granted certain periods of leave when they are allowed to exceed normal limits reserved for passes. Sometimes leave is given to all cadets, and sometimes it is dependent upon a cadet being in good standing, or on a cadet's class. The amount and timing of leave has changed somewhat over time.

Since (at least 1976) cadets have been able to take up to 60 additional days of graduation leave between Graduation and reporting to their first assignment, as long as the leave does not conflict with the report date to the gaining unit. From (1957) to (1961) cadets could opt between taking 30 days or 60 days of graduation leave before reporting to their first assignment.

The Classes of 1959-1966 did not have Christmas leave and spent Christmas at the Academy.

[edit] Cadet Leave throughout History

Academic Year	Amount of Leave
	Summer	Thanksgiving	Winter Break	Spring Break	Other/notes
1954-55
1955-56
1956-57
1957-58		None	None for 4ºs	None
1958-59	4 weeks	None	2 weeks	None
1959-60	4 weeks	None	2 weeks	None
1960-61	4 weeks	None	2 weeks	None
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77	3 weeks (if not on Ac Pro)	2 days	2 weeks	1 week
1977-78	3 weeks (if not on Ac Pro)	2 days	2 weeks	1 week
1978-79	3 weeks (if not on Ac Pro)	2 days	2 weeks	1 week
1979-80	3 weeks (if not on Ac Pro)	2 days	2 weeks	1 week
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89	3 weeks (if not on Ac Pro)	2 days	2 weeks	1 week
1989-90	3 weeks (if not on Ac Pro)	2 days	2 weeks	1 week
1990-91	3 weeks (if not on Ac Pro)	2 days	2 weeks	1 week
1991-92	3 weeks (if not on Ac Pro)	2 days	2 weeks	1 week
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08