Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted service
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/us/usc/t10/s7252
Title
10 — Armed Forces
Chapter
STB/PTII/CH733
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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An enlisted member of the Regular Army is entitled to count active service as an officer in the Army as enlisted service for all purposes.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 211, § 3684; renumbered § 7252, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
368410:631a (last proviso).July 14, 1939, ch. 267, § 1 (last proviso); restated May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 19(b) (last proviso), 68 Stat. 166.
Editorial Notes
Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3684 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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