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Military Parental Leave Policy: One Family’s Story

Episode By: MilitaryOneSource Series

22 MinutesNov. 4, 2024

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Learn about one couple’s experience with the expanded Military Parental Leave Program. The policy provides 12 weeks of paid parental leave to service members who welcome a child into their family through birth, adoption or long-term foster care placement.

Host Bruce Moody speaks with Heather and Marine Capt. Richard LeCompte, who took advantage of the expanded policy when their child was born in 2023.

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Military Parental Leave Policy: One Family’s Story