Your name as it appears in MCTFS. MOL fills this from your record.
NAVMC 3: Leave Authorization / MOL Leave Request
Plan your leave the way Marine OnLine asks for it: type, dates and times, leave address and phone, balance check, and the leave conduct pledge. NAVMC 3 is the paper backup.
Every block on the NAVMC 3
Laid out block for block like the official LEAVE AUTHORIZATION (OFFICER AND ENLISTED) (1050) (REV. 2-05 edition), with the instruction for each block. Name, rank, and unit prefill from your service profile.
Marine
- Name (Last, First, MI)
- Grade
- EDIPI
Your 10-digit DoD ID. Do not write your SSN on leave papers.
- Organization / unit
- MOS
Leave requested
- Type of leave
MOL types: Leave (annual, emergency, convalescent, terminal and others), Special Liberty, PTAD (administrative absence), Parental Leave (primary or secondary), and PDMRA. Emergency leave may include advance leave up to a 30-day negative balance.
- Number of days
MOL calculates this from the dates. Annual leave charges every calendar day from departure through return.
- Current leave balance
From MOL or your LES. The request cannot exceed it, except authorized advance leave.
- Departure date
- Departure time (24-hr)
- Return date (date leave expires)
- Return time (24-hr)
The date and time your leave expires. Being late by even a few minutes is an unauthorized absence.
- Address while on leave (include telephone number and area code)
Where you will actually be. MOL can copy your home address; change it if you will be elsewhere.
- Phone during leave
- Emergency contact (name / relationship / phone)
Someone who can reach you if the command cannot. Keep your record of emergency data (RED) in MOL current as well.
- Comments to the approver
MOL allows up to 1,900 characters. Explain anything unusual: shift work, travel by POV over a long distance, overseas travel, or the reason for emergency leave.
Approval
- Leave conduct pledge acknowledged
MCO 1050.3J requires the leave conduct pledge on all leave papers. In MOL, clicking Confirm signs it for you and your first supervisor.
- First supervisor (reviewer)
- Approving officer / leave granting authority
- Date approved
Draft / worksheet aid. Prepare it here, then transcribe into Marine OnLine (MOL) Leave and Liberty; NAVMC 3 only when MOL is unavailable. This is not an official submission. Check it against the current official NAVMC 3 before use.
How to fill out the NAVMC 3
Marines request and receive approval for leave, special liberty, and PTAD in Marine OnLine. The approved MOL request, printed as leave papers (NAVMC 3), is your authorization. The paper NAVMC 3 (Rev. 2-05) is used only when a command cannot reach MOL. When: As soon as you know your dates, and before booking non-refundable travel. Emergency leave is processed immediately through the chain of command or the Red Cross message.
Step by step
- Check your leave balance in MOL. You cannot request more days than your balance (plus any authorized advance).
- Pick the leave type. Annual leave begins and ends in the local area and every calendar day is charged, weekends included.
- Choose departure and return dates and times (24-hour clock). MOL calculates the days.
- Enter the leave address and a phone number where you can be reached, and any comments your approver needs.
- Confirm the request. Confirming in MOL counts as signing the leave conduct pledge; your first supervisor confirms it too.
- Do not depart until the request shows Approved. Print your leave papers if you will fly on a military flight or travel overseas.
What a strong one looks like
- Leave and liberty may be combined (liberty-leave-liberty), but two leave periods need a duty day between them or the whole absence is charged.
- Plan your return time for the end of the working day before you are due back so a travel delay does not make you UA.
- Overseas Marines pick the leave types ending in O/S and may need country clearance and a foreign-travel brief.
- If you need an extension, call your command before your leave expires. Only the approver can extend it in MOL.
Common mistakes
- Leaving on a pending request. It is not leave until it is approved.
- A leave address or phone that no one answers. The command must be able to reach you.
- Taking annual leave outside the local area without it starting and ending there, which breaks the charging rules.
- Requesting more than 60 days in a fiscal year without CMC (MMEA/MMOA) approval.
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