Leave earned from 01 October 2020 thru 30 September 2021 (FY21), is NOT protected by Special Leave Accrual (SLA) and will be lost if not used or before 30 September 2021.

SLA continues to be authorized to Soldiers serving in qualifying Hostile Fire Pay and Imminent Danger Pay locations per AR 600-8-10 and DoD 7000.14–RLeave accountability is based on a Last-In-First-Out (LIFO) system.

The PDF examples provided at the following link illustrate LIFO and the need for Soldiers to carefully track their Regular Leave and SLA.

https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-949041