DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY POLICY ON PARENTHOOD AND PREGNANCY

Scope

SECNAVINST 1000.10B is the Department of the Navy Policy on Parenthood and Pregnancy. The official DON issuance index lists the subject as DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY POLICY ON PARENTHOOD AND PREGNANCY, sponsored by ASN (M&RA), 17 pages. Signed 2019-01-16. Source PDF on file from the 2026-04-25 archive snapshot.

Stated purpose

To provide an updated Department of the Navy (DON) policy for all military personnel on issues related to parenthood and pregnancy and to establish reporting requirements. This instruction has been substantially revised and should be reviewed in its entirety.

Quoted from the document's opening section.

Audience

• Commanders applying DON parenthood and pregnancy policy and its reporting requirements.
• S-1 and IPAC staff processing parental leave actions under the Marine Corps implementing orders.
• Marines sequencing parental leave against terminal leave or transition PTAD.

Operative content

Portal evidence anchors one rule directly to this instruction. Parental leave under the Military Parental Leave Program does not run consecutively or in conjunction with terminal leave or transition PTAD. A duty day separates parental leave from terminal leave. MARADMIN 625/24 paragraph 5.d cites SECNAVINST 1000.10B for the rule. The portal terminal leave, permissive TAD, and Military Parental Leave Program pages all carry the cite.

Connection to Marine Corps policy

• MCO 5000.12F, Marine Corps Policy Concerning Parenthood and Pregnancy. The portal registry names SECNAVINST 1000.10B as the Department of the Navy parent policy for this order.
• MCO 1050.3J, Regulations for Leave, Liberty, and Administrative Absence. Holds the parental leave entitlements after MARADMIN 191/26 consolidated them out of MCO 5000.12F.
• MARADMIN 625/24 and MARADMIN 191/26 both list SECNAVINST 1000.10B in their reference sets.

Status

The DON issuance index row from the 2026-04-25 snapshot lists the instruction as Active. Verify the current revision at the official landing page before applying a specific paragraph.

Access

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