The question pertains to leave/vacation for active duty military. Would I be able to take most of the leave during Christmas season?

My first Christmas with my wife was 4 years after we got married due to deployments. I'll add that the Services in CONUS tend to support a liberal leave policy as it enhances morale. That said, if something needs to get done, they'll pull the needed people to do it. In my day, if you were single, you were the last to be authorized leave. That isn't the official policy, but you'll likely see some of that going on. I was hoping on spending more time off around Christmas with my wife, but since she was a medical worker, she and others get long hours around Christmas as families tend to stash their old relatives in hospitals during the season.

As in the civilian workplace, it depends on your Commander or Boss. If your in an Infantry unit....generally they shutdown or go in idle mode after Thanksgiving to about 1-2 weeks after January 1st. So in that case probably, OK to take 20-25 days.....maybe even 30. If your in a support unit that does a critical support mission during that period they have to hang onto enough soldiers to provide coverage for whatever their mission is so in that case being the lowest ranking soldier in the unit will bite you and you will be selected at least to work your first holiday. Though for the most part Army wide pretty much follows the Infantry schedule of slowdown from Thanksgiving until about 1 week after January 1st.

As long as you have the proper amount of leave days and the mission dictates you can.