Regular enlisted members: limitations on discharge
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/us/usc/t10/s1169
Title
10 — Armed Forces
Chapter
STA/PTII/CH59
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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No regular enlisted member of an armed force may be discharged before his term of service expires, except—(1) as prescribed by the Secretary concerned;
(2) by sentence of a general or special court martial; or
(3) as otherwise provided by law.
(Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 3(a)(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 757.)
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