How long to soldiers get to come home for a visit during a 12 month deployment?

I heard they get 3 weeks actually at home but then I was told they only get 10 days at home. Does anyone know just how much time they actually get at home with their families?

2 weeks R&R, they do not count travel time to their home of record or whatever destination they choose after that the clock is ticking

In general, if authorized R&R, it is 2 weeks. This may or may not include travel time. However, not all will receive R&R and of those who do, not all will be allowed to take it out of country. The only way to know for sure how much R&R (if any) a specific soldier is getting is to ask his chain of command.

As a side note for Stop Lossed (poster above me)-- the same thing happened to my husband. He got a 4 day weekend in Qatar for his R&R.

For Clueless- Korea is not a deployment. It is a PCS. The same rules and reguations apply as any other base. He certainly could have taken some leave time as he is authorized 30 days per year. Whether he decided to use those days to come back to the states or not was his call.

Well most get two weeks of CAD which means they can't go anywhere but the base where they are stationed so they can recooperate from the deployment, then the leave is usually based on how much time they have accumulated. You can find all this information online just by typing the name of your soldiers base into google and figure it out from there. Leave times differ for some soldiers.

My husband was deployed to Iraq for 15 months and was only allotted 2 weeks and when he was deployed for 12 months he was allowed 10 days. I dont believe their time actually starts until they sign into their USO at the arriving airport.

This was my situation--hope it helped.

Usually 2 weeks. Their travel time cuts into that. So depending on flights - it may be only 10 days.

12 month deployments get 2 weeks R&R( when authorized) the clock starts the day they arrive CONUS, even if that isn't 'home'

not everyone gets it, either.

Not long enough!!! I couldnt get midtour one deployment so the sent me to Qatar for 4 days. What a waist of time.

My son was in the army in Korea for 18 months and couldn't come home the whole time. I hope this is not the case for you