Obama orders mandatory sick leave days - what will be the impact on military?

So, I would offer two things...
First, this will not apply to the military. It applies to employees of federal contractors. I could argue the appropriateness of the Executive Order, but he is essentially saying that "If you want to do business with the Federal Government, you have to follow what we believe to be Best Human Resources practices." (Such caveats in contracts are not unheard of by any means)

Second, you don't WANT it to. Having worked the vast majority of my life as a civilian, the Army system is BETTER for you than a sick leave system. It was a major culture shock to me when I came on my current orders and was on active duty in a non-deployed environment. People just leave in the middle of the day for an "appointment" or a "spouse's appointment." Other than clearing it with a supervisor, no red tape... As a civilian, I would be burning sick leave hours for that. Here is how that "7 days" works. A "work day" has 8 hours. 8*7 = 56 hours. Any time you are away from work for a medical reason, you put in for the number of hours... Hour 57 is on your own dime - you DON'T GET PAID for it. Imagine being on quarters for a week and finding a deduction for that on your LES.... Moreover, a supervisor CAN demand proof of your actual sickness. Note, this is exceedingly rare in practice, unless you take a number of days in a row (in the case of my employer, they reserve the right to require medical documentation after 3 consecutive days of sick leave). Take it from someone who has experienced both worlds, you want the military system of quarters and permissive ability to go to appointments, and the sick call annoyance is a small price to pay.

It is interesting but I think the current military system for dealing with sick days won't be affected and we won't be given additional days that aren't overseen. I definitely understand what you're saying about being able to tell us if we're sick or not, but to a certain extent they can. I've been ordered home when I've come to work sick and I've also been ordered to work when I probably shouldn't be. Although the we share a lot with other government service, the military will always be different.

It's contractors. Forcing companies with Federal Contract to provide sick leave. Federal employees already have a Ton and in the military if you are sick skies the limit. This is to help minimum wage types being abused by companies paying squat to their employees while collecting big money from the tax payers.