Notice: The uscode.house.gov website is currently operating in a temporary format. While the United States Code remains available from its authoritative source, some website features and functionality are temporarily unavailable.
The United States Code Online is current through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
Search & Browse Currency and Updating Classification Tables Popular Name Tool Positive Law Codification Editorial Reclassification Downloads
10 U.S.C. 7252: Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted serviceText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESCHAPTER 733-MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
Jump To: Source CreditHistorical and Revision NotesEditorial NotesAmendmentsStatutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date of Amendment

§7252. Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted service

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 section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

3684

10:631a (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

Amendments

2018⁠—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3684 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment 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.