10 USC 971: Service credit: officers may not count enlisted service performed while serving as cadet or midshipman

10 USC 971: Service credit: officers may not count enlisted service performed while serving as cadet or midshipman Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995

From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle A-General Military LawPART II-PERSONNELCHAPTER 49-MISCELLANEOUS PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES

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§971. Service credit: officers may not count enlisted service performed while serving as cadet or midshipman

(a) The period of service under an enlistment or period of obligated service while also serving as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy, or as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy or in the Naval Reserve may not be counted in computing, for any purpose, the length of service of an officer of an armed force.

(b) In computing length of service for any purpose-

(1) no officer of the Navy or Marine Corps may be credited with service as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy or as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or United States Coast Guard Academy;

(2) no commissioned officer of the Army or Air Force may be credited with service as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy or as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or United States Coast Guard Academy; and

(3) no officer of the Coast Guard may be credited with service as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy or as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or United States Coast Guard Academy.

(Added Pub. L. 85–861, §1(20), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1442 ; amended Pub. L. 90–235, §6(a) (1), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 761 ; Pub. L. 98–557, §17(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2867 ; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VI, §652(a)(1)(A), (2), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1461 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
971	50:1414.	June 25, 1956, ch. 439, §4, 70 Stat. 333 .

Amendments

1989-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–189, §652(a)(1)(A), struck out ", under an appointment accepted after June 25, 1956," after "Naval Reserve".

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 101–189, §652(a)(2)(A), struck out ", if he was appointed as a midshipman or cadet after March 4, 1913" after "United States Coast Guard Academy".

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 101–189, §652(a)(2)(B), struck out ", if he was appointed as a midshipman or cadet after August 24, 1912" after "United States Coast Guard Academy".

1984-Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 98–557 added par. (3).

1968-Pub. L. 90–235 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Application of Subsection (a) to Service Under Appointment Accepted Before June 26, 1956

Section 652(a)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 101–189 provided that: "The limitation in section 971(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to a period of service referred to in that section while also serving under an appointment as a cadet or midshipman accepted before June 26, 1956."