Academic and church organizations have long embraced sabbaticals, and industry is quickly jumping on the bandwagon. And now, the U.S. military may offer sabbaticals, according to an article in the ArmyTimes.
Modeled after sabbaticals in the private sector, the six-year test program would be limited to 60 officers and 60 enlisted members, probably all Navy, who could take up to three years off for personal or professional reasons. When the breaks end, they would restart their careers at their same grade and level of responsibility, and in a similar, if not identical, job.
The program is part of a Pentagon initiative in which a few people would be given the chance to take a break of up to three years in their military careers without penalty. It’s included in two bills currently in front of Congress and is predicted to pass, according to the ArmyTimes.
I’ll refrain from engaging in politics here … but at this moment, at this place … I can’t think of another group of men and women more deserving of a sabbatical.
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