The Army's new human resources platform promised efficiency and transparency, but some units are still holding leave hostage over paperwork.
The policy creates a new type of leave specifically for bereavement.
The 2009 tragedy left three dead in the wake of a massive storm.
The Army was the last to release its updated policy following a directive issued by the Pentagon.
The Army might have been last, but its policy has more teeth than those of other services.
Previously, secondary caregivers in the Marine Corps had received three weeks of parental leave.
Score one for Navy families.
Troops are in a holding pattern as they wait for their services to offer more specific details.
For the first time, all military parents can take 12 weeks of parental leave.
Active duty military personnel were caught in limbo as thousands of Southwest Airlines travelers got stranded across the U.S. by canceled flights.
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