Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

10 U.S.C. § 518

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Temporary enlistments
About This Law
/us/usc/t10/s518
Title
10 — Armed Forces
Chapter
STA/PTII/CH31
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

Highlight any text to annotate
Temporary enlistments may be made only in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard, as the case may be, without specification of component. (Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(1)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 755; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(2)(A)(iii), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3821.) Editorial Notes Amendments2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Marine Corps, Space Force,” for “Marine Corps,”. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Transfer of Functions For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this section.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.