§972. Enlisted members: required to make up time lost

An enlisted member of an armed force who-

(1) deserts;

(2) is absent from his organization, station, or duty for more than one day without proper authority, as determined by competent authority;

(3) is confined for more than one day while awaiting trial and disposition of his case, and whose conviction has become final;

(4) is confined for more than one day under a sentence that has become final; or

(5) is unable for more than one day, as determined by competent authority, to perform his duties because of intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquor, or because of disease or injury resulting from his misconduct;

is liable, after his return to full duty, to serve for a period that, when added to the period that he served before his absence from duty, amounts to the term for which he was enlisted or inducted.

(Added Pub. L. 85–861, §1(20), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1443 .)

Cross References

Absence without leave, punishment, see section 886 of this title.

Retirement, years of service to exclude time made up under this section, see sections 3925 and 8925 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 507, 1405, 3925, 8925 of this title.