Originally Posted by TED74

You definitely want to not only finish OE, but also consolidation (100 hours in the airplane) before taking significant chunks of mil leave. It's the right thing to do (IMHO) and your unit should completely understand. After that, timing is up to you, depending on how much heat you want to take from your CPO. I'm pretty sure your probation extends one-for-one for mil leave periods exceeding 30 continuous days, but I'm too lazy to look it up at the moment...