Book excerpt: This United States Army policy, Army Regulation AR 600-8-10 Personnel-General: Leaves and Passes June 2020, covers the Leaves and Passes Program. It prescribes policies and operating tasks governing military personnel absences. This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. This regulation prescribes the policies and mandated operating tasks for military absences, including leave, pass, and administrative absence. This regulation is binding on all entities involved in granting leave, pass, and other forms of absence from duty.