Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part III · Chapter 103 — Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
§ 2111. Personnel: administrators and instructors
Statutory text
The Secretary of the military department concerned may detail regular or reserve members of an armed force under his jurisdiction (including retired members and members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve recalled to active duty with their consent) for instructional and administrative duties at educational institutions where units of the program are maintained. The Secretary of the Air Force may detail members of the Space Force in the same manner as regular and reserve members of the Air Force.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Vitalization Act of 1964
Pub. L. 88–647 title II § 201(1) · 78 Stat. 1063
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 2111
Added Pub. L. 88–647, title II, § 201(1), Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1069
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Added Pub. L. 88–647, title II, § 201(1), Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1069Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Subtitle A is amended by adding the following new chapter after chapter 102: “CHAPTER 103.— SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS “Sec. “2101. Definitions. “2102. Establishment. “2103. Eligibility for membership. “2104. Advanced training; eligibility for. “2105. Advanced training; failure to complete or to accept commission. “2106. Advanced training; commission on completion. “2107. Financial assistance program for specially selected members. “2108. Advanced standing; interruption of training; delay in starting obligated service; release from program. “2109. Field training; practice cruises. “2110. Logistical support. “2111. Personnel: administrators and Instructors. “§ 2101. Definitions “In this chapter— “(1) ‘program’ means the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps of an armed force; “(2) ‘member of the program’ means a student who is enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps of an armed force; and “(3) ‘advanced training’ means the training and instruction offered in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to students in the third and fourth years of a four-year Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps course, or the equivalent period of training in an approved two-year Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps course. “§ 2102. Establishment “(a) For the purpose of preparing selected students for commissioned service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, the Secretary of each military department, under regulations prescribed by the President, may establish and maintain a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, organized into one or more units, at any accredited civilian educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees, and at any school essentially military that does not confer baccalaureate degrees, upon the request of the authorities at that institution. “(b) No unit may be established or maintained at an institution unless— “(1) the senior commissioned officer of the armed force concerned who is assigned to the program at that institution is given the academic rank of professor; “(2) the institution fulfills the terms of its agreement with the Secretary of the military department concerned; and “(3) the institution adopts, as a part of its curriculum, a four-year course of military instruction or a two-year course of advanced training of military instruction, or both, which the Secretary of the military department concerned prescribes and conducts, “(c) At those institutions where a unit of the program is established membership of students in the program shall be elective or compulsory as provided by State law or the authorities of the institution concerned. “§ 2103. Eligibility for membership “(a) To be eligible for membership in the program a person must be a student at an institution where a unit of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is established. However, a student at an institution that does not have a unit of the Corps is eligible, if otherwise qualified, to be a member of a unit at another institution. “(b) Persons from foreign countries may be enrolled as members of the program when their enrollment is approved by the Secretary of the military department concerned under criteria approved by the Secretary of State. “(c) A medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, or sciences allied to medicine, student may be admitted to a unit of the program for a course of training consisting of 90 hours of instruction a year for four academic years. “(d) Under such conditions as the Secretary of the military department concerned may prescribe, a medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, or sciences allied to medicine, student who is a commissioned officer of a reserve component of an armed force may be admitted to and trained in a unit of the program. “§ 2104. Advanced training; eligibility for “(a) Advanced training shall be provided to eligible members of the program and, if the institution concerned so requests, to eligible applicants for membership in the program, who have two academic years remaining at such educational institution. “(b) To be eligible for continuation, or initial enrollment, in the program for advanced training, a person must— “(1) be a citizen of the United States; “(2) be selected for advanced training under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned; “(3) enlist in a reserve component of an armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military department concerned for the period prescribed by the Secretary; “(4) contract, with the consent of his parent or guardian if he is a minor, with the Secretary of the military department concerned, or his designated representative, to serve for the period required by the program; “(5) agree in writing that he will accept an appointment, if offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be, and that he will serve in the armed forces for the period prescribed by the Secretary; and “(6) complete successfully— “(A) the first two years of a four-year Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps course; or “(B) field training or a practice cruise of not less than six weeks’ duration which is prescribed by the Secretary concerned as a preliminary requirement for admission to the advanced course. “(c) A member of the program who is ineligible under subsection (b) for advanced training shall be released from the program. “(d) This section does not apply to cadets and midshipmen appointed under section 2107, or foreign students enrolled tinder section 2103(b), of this title. “§ 2105. Advanced training; failure to complete or to accept commission “A member of the program who is selected for advanced training under section 2104 of this title, and who does not complete the course of instruction, or who completes the course but declines to accept a commission when offered, may be ordered to active duty by the Secretary of the military department concerned to serve hi Ids enlisted grade or rating for such period of time as the Secretary prescribes but not for more than two years. “§ 2106. Advanced training; commission on completion “(a) Upon satisfactorily completing the academic and military requirements of the program of advanced training, a member of the program who was selected for advanced training under section 2104 of this title may be appointed as a regular or reserve officer in the appropriate armed force in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign, even though he is under 21 years of age. “(b) The date of rank of officers appointed under this section in May or June of any year is the date of graduation of cadets or midshipmen from the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy, as the case may be, in that year. The Secretary of the military department concerned shall establish the date of rank of all other officers appointed under this section. “(c) In computing length of service for any purpose, an officer appointed under this section may not be credited with enlisted service for the period covered by his advanced training. “§ 2107. Financial assistance program for specially selected members “(a) The Secretary of the military department concerned may appoint as a cadet or midshipman, as appropriate, in the reserve of an armed force under his jurisdiction any eligible member of the program who will be under 25 years of age on June 30 of the calendar year in which he is eligible under this section for appointment as an ensign in the Navy or as a second lieutenant in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be. However, a member whose enrollment in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program contemplates less than four years of participation in the program may not he appointed a cadet or midshipman under this section, or receive any financial assistance authorized by this section. “(b) To be eligible for appointment as a cadet or midshipman under Eligibility for appointment. this section a member must— “(1) be a citizen of the United States; “(2) be specially selected for the financial assistance program under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned; “(3) enlist in the reserve component of the armed force in which he is appointed as a cadet or midshipman for the period prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned; “(4) contract, with the consent of his parent or guardian if he is a minor, with the Secretary of the military department concerned, or his designated representative, to serve for the period required by the program; “(5) agree in writing that he will accept an appointment, if offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be, and that, if he is commissioned as a regular officer and his regular commission is terminated before the sixth anniversary of his date of rank, he will accept an appointment, if offered, in the reserve component of that armed force and not resign before that anniversary; and “(6) agree in writing to serve on active duty for four or more years. “(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may provide for the payment of all expenses in his department of administering the financial assistance program under this section, including tuition, fees, books, and laboratory expenses. “(d) Upon satisfactorily completing the academic and military requirements of the four-year program, a cadet or midshipman may be appointed as a regular or reserve officer in the appropriate armed force in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign, even though he is under 21 years of age. “(e) The date of rank of officers appointed under this section in May or June of any year is the date of graduation of cadets or midshipmen from the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy, as the case may be in that year. The Secretary of the military department concerned shall establish the date of rank of all other officers appointed under this section. “(f) A cadet or midshipman who does not complete the four-year course of instruction, or who completes the course but declines to accept a commission when offered, may be ordered to active duty by the Secretary of the military department concerned to serve in his enlisted grade or rating for such period of time as the Secretary prescribes but not for more than four years. “(g) In computing length of service for any purpose, an officer appointed under this section may not be credited with service either as a cadet or midshipman or concurrent enlisted service. “(h) Not more than the following numbers of cadets and midshipmen appointed under section 2107 of this title may be in the financial assistance programs at any one time: “Army program: 5,500. “Navy program: 5,500. “Air Force program: 5,500. “§ 2108. Advanced standing; interruption of training; delay in starting obligated service; release from program “(a) The Secretary of the military department concerned may give to any enlisted member of an armed force under his jurisdiction, or any person who has served on active duty in any armed force, such advanced standing in the program as may be justified by his education and training. “(b) In determining a member’s eligibility for advanced training, the Secretary of the military department concerned may credit him with any military training that is substantially equivalent in kind to that prescribed for admission to advanced training and was received while he was taking a course of instruction in a program under the jurisdiction of another armed force or while he was on active duty in the armed forces. “(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may excuse from a portion of the prescribed course of military instruction, including field training and practice cruises, any person found qualified on the basis of his previous education, military experience, or both. “(d) A person may become, remain, or be readmitted as, a member of the advanced training program after receiving a baccalaureate degree or completing pre-professional studies if he has not completed the course of military instruction or all field training or practice cruises prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned. If a member of the program has been accepted for resident graduate or professional study, the Secretary of the military department concerned may delay the commencement of that member’s obligated period of active duty until the member has completed that study. “(e) The Secretary of the military department concerned may, when he determines that the interest of the service so requires, release any person from the program and discharge him from his armed force. “§ 2109. Field training; practice cruises “(a) For the further practical instruction of members of the program, the Secretary of the military department concerned may prescribe and conduct field training and practice cruises (other than field training and practice cruises prescribed under section 2104(b)(6)(B) of this title) which members must complete before they are commissioned. “(b) The Secretary of the military department concerned may— “(1) transport members of the program to and from the places designated for field training or practice cruises and furnish them subsistence while traveling to and from those places, or, instead of furnishing them transportation and subsistence, pay them a travel allowance at the rate prescribed for cadets and midshipmen at the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies for travel by the shortest usually traveled route from the S laces from which they are authorized to proceed to the place designated for the training or cruise and return, and pay the allowance for the return trip in advance; “(2) furnish medical attendance and supplies to members of the program while attending field training and practice cruises, and admit them to military hospitals; “(3) furnish subsistence, uniform clothing, and equipment to members of the program while attending field training or practice cruises or, instead of furnishing uniform clothing, pay them allowances at such rates as he may prescribe; “(4) use any member of an armed force, or any employee of the department, under his jurisdiction, and such property of the United States as be considers necessary, for the training and administration of members of the program at the places designated for training or practice cruises. “§ 2110. Logistical support “(a) The Secretary of the military department concerned may issue to institutions having units of the program or to the officers of the armed force concerned who are designated as accountable or responsible for such property— “(1) supplies, means pf transportation including aircraft, arms and ammunition, and military textbooks and education materials; and “(2) uniform clothing, except that he may pay monetary allowances for uniform clothing at such rate as he may prescribe. “(b) The Secretary of the military department concerned may provide, or contract with civilian flying or aviation schools or educational institutions to provide, the personnel, aircraft, supplies, facilities, services, and instruction necessary for flight instruction and orientation for properly designated members of the program. The Secretary of each military department shall report, to Congress in January of each year on the progress of the flight instruction program. “(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may transport members of, and designated applicants for membership in, the program to and from installations when it is necessary for them to undergo medical or other examinations or for the purposes of making visits of observation. He may also furnish them subsistence, quarters, and necessary medical care, including hospitalization, while they are at, or traveling to or from, such an installation. “(d) The Secretary of the military department concerned may authorize members of, and designated applicants for membership in, the program to participate in aerial flights in military aircraft and in indoctrination cruises in naval vessels. “(e) The Secretary of the military department concerned may authorize such expenditures as he considers necessary for the efficient maintenance of the program. “(f) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall require, from each institution to which property is issued under subsection (a), a bond or other indemnity in such amount as he considers adequate, but not less than $5,000, for the care and safekeeping of all property so issued except uniforms, expendable articles, and supplies expended in operation, maintenance, and instruction. The Secretary may accept a bond without surety if the institution to which the property is issued furnishes to him satisfactory evidence of its financial responsibility. “§ 2111. Personnel: administrators and instructors “The Secretary of the military department concerned may detail regular or reserve members of an armed force under his jurisdiction (including retired members and members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve recalled to active duty with their consent) for instructional and administrative duties at educational institutions where units of the program are maintained.”Space Force Personnel Management Act
Pub. L. 118–31 div. A title XVII § 1722 · 137 Stat. 136
Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 2111
Pub. L. 118–31 inserted at end “The Secretary of the Air Force may detail members of the Space Force in the same manner as regular and reserve members of the Air Force.”
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Pub. L. 118–31 inserted at end “The Secretary of the Air Force may detail members of the Space Force in the same manner as regular and reserve members of the Air Force.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1722. AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE A OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE. (a) Provisions Relating to Organization and General Military Powers.— Part I of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Annual defense manpower report.— Section 115a(d)(3)(F) is amended by inserting before the period the following: “or, in the case of the Space Force, officers ordered to active duty other than under section 20105(b) of this title”. (2) Suspension of end-strength and other strength limitations in time of war or national emergency.— Section 123a(a)(2) is amended by inserting “or the Space Force” after “a reserve component”. (3) Deputy commander of usnorthcom.— Section 164(e)(4) is amended— (A) by inserting “(A)” after “(4)”; (B) by striking “shall be a” and all that follows and inserting “shall be— “(i) a qualified officer of a reserve component who is eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant general or, in the case of the Navy, vice admiral; or “(ii) a qualified officer of the Space Force whose prior service includes service in a space force active status other than sustained duty and who is eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant general.” ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(B) The requirement in subparagraph (A) does not apply when the officer serving as commander of the combatant command described in that subparagraph is (i) a reserve component officer, or (ii) an officer of the Space Force whose prior service includes service in a space force active status other than sustained duty.” . (4) Readiness reports.— Section 482(a) 10 USC 482. is amended by inserting “and the Space Force” after “active and reserve components” in paragraphs (1) and (2). (b) DOPMA Officer Personnel Provisions.— Chapter 36 of such title is amended as follows: (1) Nondisclosure of board proceedings.— Section 613a is amended by striking “573, 611, or 628” and inserting “573, 611, 628, or 20211” in subsections (a) and (c). (2) Information furnished to selection boards.— Section 615(a) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “or 20211” after “section 611(a)”; and (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking “regular officer” and all that follows and inserting “regular officer or an officer in the Space Force, a grade above captain or, in the case of the Navy, lieutenant.”; and (ii) in subparagraph (D)— (I) by striking “major general,” and inserting “major general or”; and (II) by striking “or, in the case of the Space Force, the equivalent grade,”. (3) Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other requirements.— Section 619(a) is amended by striking “Marine Corps, or Space Force” each place it appears and inserting “or Marine Corps”. (4) Authority to vacate promotions to grades of brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half).— Section 625(b) is amended by striking “Marine Corps, or Space Force” and inserting “or Marine Corps”. (5) Special selection review board.— Section 628a is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(1)(A)— (i) by striking “major general,” and inserting “major general or”; and (ii) by striking “, or an equivalent grade in the Space Force”; (B) in subsection (e)(2), by adding at the end the following new sentence: “ Applicability. However, in the case of an officer on the Space Force officer list, the provisions of sections 618, 20215, and 20216 of this title apply to the report and proceedings of a special selection review board convened under this section in the same manner as they apply to report and proceedings of a promotion board convened under section 20211 of this title.”, and (C) in subsection (f)(1), by adding at the end the following new sentence: Reports. Recommenda- tions. President. Appointment. “However, if the report of a special selection review board convened under this section recommends the sustainment of the recommendation for promotion to the next higher grade of an officer on the Space Force officer list who was referred to it for review under this section, and the President approves the report, the officer shall, as soon as practicable, be appointed to the grade in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of section 20251 of this title.”. (6) Retirement for years of service.— (A) Lieutenant colonels.— Section 633(a) 10 USC 633. is amended— (i) by inserting “(1)” before “Except as”; (ii) by striking “Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force” and inserting “or Regular Marine Corps”; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Except as provided under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of lieutenant colonel who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of colonel shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the month in which the officer completes 28 years of active commissioned service.” . (B) Colonels.— Section 634(a) is amended— (i) by inserting “(1)” before “Except as”; (ii) by striking “Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force” and inserting “or Regular Marine Corps”; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Except as provided under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of colonel who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of brigadier general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the month in which the officer completes 30 years of active commissioned service.” . (C) Brigadier generals.— Section 635 is amended— (i) by inserting “(a) Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.—” before “Except as”; (ii) by striking “Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force” and inserting “or Regular Marine Corps”; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) Space Force.— Except as provided under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of brigadier general who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of major general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired as specified in subsection (a).” . (D) Officers in grades above brigadier general.— Section 636(a) is amended— (i) by inserting “(1)” before “Except as”; (ii) by striking “Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force” and inserting “or Regular Marine Corps”; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of major general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired as specified in paragraph (1).” . (E) Section headings.— (i) The heading of section 633 10 USC prec. 627. is amended by striking “lieutenant colonels and” and inserting “and Space Force lieutenant colonels; regular Navy”. (ii) The heading of section 634 is 10 USC prec. 627. amended by striking “colonels and” and inserting “and Space Force colonels; regular”. (iii) The heading of section 635 is 10 USC prec. 627. amended by striking “brigadier generals and” and inserting “and Space Force brigadier generals; regular Navy”. (iv) The heading of section 636 is 10 USC prec. 627. amended by striking “officers in grades above brigadier general and” and inserting “and Space Force officers in grades above brigadier general; regular Navy officers in grades above”. (c) Management Policies for Joint Qualified Officers.— Section 661(a) of such title is amended— (1) by striking “Marine Corps, and Space Force” and inserting “and Marine Corps”; and (2) by inserting “, and officers of the Space Force on the Space Force officer list,” after “active-duty list”. (d) Leave.— Chapter 40 of such title is amended as follows: (1) Entitlement and accumulation.— Section 701 is amended— (A) in subsection (h)— (i) by inserting at the end of paragraph (2) the following new subparagraph: “(D) A member of the Space Force in a space force active status, not on sustained duty.” ; and (ii) in paragraphs (5)(B) and (6), by inserting “, or of the Space Force,” after “member of a reserve component”; and (B) in subsection (i), by inserting “, or of the Space Force,” after “member of a reserve component”. (2) Payment upon disapproval of certain board of inquiry recommendations for excess leave required to be taken.— Section 707a(a)(1) is amended by inserting “or 20503” after “section 1182(c)(2)”. (3) Career flexibility to enhance retention of members.— Section 710 is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by inserting “or of the Space Force” after “regular components”; (B) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting “, or a Space Force officer in a space force active status not on active duty under section 20105(b) of this title,” after “officer”; (C) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: “or, in the case of a member of the Space Force on sustained duty, to accept release from sustained duty orders and to serve in a space force active status”; and (D) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking “chapter 36 or 1405” and inserting “chapter 36, 1405, or 2005”. (e) Limitation on Number of Offices Who May Be Frocked to a Higher Grade.— Section 777(d)(2) of such title 10 USC 777. is amended by inserting “, or for the Space Force, the Space Force officer list,” after “active-duty list”. (f) Uniform Code of Military Justice.— Chapter 47 of such title (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended as follows: (1) Persons subject to ucmj.— Section 802 (article 2) is amended— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting “and members of the Space Force on active duty under section 20105 of this title,” after “regular component of the armed forces,”; (ii) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by inserting “or the Space Force” after “reserve component”; (iii) in paragraph (5), by inserting “, or retired members of the Space Force who qualified for a non-regular retirement and are receiving retired pay,” after “a reserve component”; and (iv) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(14) Retired members of the Space Force who qualified for a regular retirement under section 20603 of this title and are receiving retired pay.” ; and (B) in subsection (d)— (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting “or the Space Force” after “reserve component”; (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting “or the Space Force” after “a reserve component”; and (iii) in paragraph (4), by inserting “or the Space Force” after “in a regular component of the armed forces”. (2) Jurisdiction to try certain personnel.— Subsection (d) of section 803 (article 3) is amended by inserting, “or the Space Force” after “reserve component”. (3) Articles to be explained.— Section 937 (article 137) is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(1)— (i) by striking “or” at the end of subparagraph (A); (ii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting “; or”; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(C) the member’s initial entrance on active duty or into a space force active status.” ; (B) in subsection (a)(2)— (i) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (A); (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph: “(B) after a member of Space Force has completed six months of sustained duty or in the case of a member not on sustained duty, after the member has completed basic or recruit training; and” ; (C) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by inserting “or the Space Force” after “in a reserve component”; and (D) in subsection (d), by striking “or to a member of a reserve component,” and inserting “, to a member of a reserve component, or to a member of the Space Force,”. (f) Restriction on Performance of Civil Functions by Officers on Active Duty.— Section 973(b)(1) of such title 10 is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (B); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(D) to an officer on the Space Force officer list serving on active duty under section 20105(b) of this title or under a call or order to active duty for a period in excess of 270 days.” . (h) Use of Commissary Stores and MWR Retail Facilities.— Section 1063 of such title is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in the heading, by inserting “and Space Force” after “Reserve”; and (B) by inserting “or the Space Force” after “reserve component”; (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d): “(d) Members of the Space Force.— A member of the Space Force in a space force active status who is not on sustained duty shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities under the same conditions as specified in subsection (a) for a member of the Selected Reserve.” ; and (4) in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking “subsection (a) or (b)” in paragraph (1) and inserting “subsection (a), (b), or (d)”. (i) Members Involuntary Separated.— (1) Eligibility for certain benefits and services.— Section 1141 of such title is amended— (A) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (3); (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(5) in the case of an officer of the Space Force (other than a retired officer), the officer is involuntarily discharged or released from active duty under other than adverse conditions, as characterized by the Secretary of the Air Force; and “(6) in the case of an enlisted member of the Space Force, the member is— “(A) denied reenlistment; or “(B) involuntarily discharged or released from active duty under other than adverse conditions, as characterized by the Secretary of the Air Force.” . (2) Separation pay.— Section 1174(a)(2) of such title 10 USC 1174. is amended by striking “, Marine Corps, or Space Force” both places it appears and inserting “or Marine Corps”. (j) Boards for the Correction of Military Records.— Chapter 79 of such title is amended as follows: (1) Review of actions of selection boards and correction of military records.— Section 1558 is amended— (A) inserting “, or the Space Force,” after “reserve component” each place it appears; and (B) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking “section 628 or 14502” and inserting “section 628, 14502, or 20252”; (ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking “or 14705” and inserting “14507, or 20403”; and (iii) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking “or 14101(a)” and inserting “14101(a), or 20211”. (2) Title of air force service review agency.— (A) Sections 1555(c)(3) and 1557(f)(3) are amended by inserting “the Department of” after “Air Force,”. (B) Section 1556(a) is amended by inserting “the Department of” after “the Army Review Boards Agency,”. (C) Section 1559(c)(3) is amended by inserting “the Department of the” after “Air Force,”. (k) Military Family Programs.— Chapter 88 of such title is amended as follows: (1) Members of department of defense military readiness council.— Section 1781a(b)(1)(B)(iii) is amended— (A) by striking “member and” and inserting “member,”; and (B) by inserting “, and one of whom shall be the spouse or parent of a member of the Space Force” after “parent of a reserve component member”. (2) Department of defense policy and plans for military family readiness.— Section 1781b is amended— (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking “military families of members of the regular components and military families of members of the reserve components” and inserting “military families of members of the regular components, the reserve components, and the Space Force”; and (B) in subsection (c)(2)— (i) by striking “both”; and (ii) by striking “military families of members of the regular components and military families of members of the reserve components” and inserting “military families of members of the regular components, members of the reserve components, and members of the Space Force”. (l) Training and Education Programs.— (1) Payment of tuition for off-duty training or education.— Section 2007 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) The provisions of this section pertaining to members of the Ready Reserve, the Selected Reserve, or the Individual Ready Reserve also apply to members of the Space Force in a space force active status who are not on active duty.” . (2) ROTC financial assistant program for specially selected members.— Section 2107 of such title 10 USC 2107. is amended— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) by striking “Navy,” and inserting “Navy or”; and (ii) by striking “or as an officer in the equivalent grade in the Space Force”; and (B) by adding at the end the following a new subsection: “(k) Applicability to Space Force.— (1) Provisions of this section referring to a regular commission, regular officer, or a commission in a regular component shall be treated as also referring to the commission of an officer, or an officer, who is a commissioned officer in the Space Force serving on active duty pursuant to section 20105(b) of this title. “(2) Provisions of this section referring to a reserve commission, reserve officer, or a commission in a reserve component shall be treated as also referring to the commission of an officer, or an officer, who is a commissioned officer in the Space Force not serving on active duty pursuant to section 20105(b) of this title.” . (3) Duty as rotc administrators and instructors.— Section 2111 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Secretary of the Air Force may detail members of the Space Force in the same manner as regular and reserve members of the Air Force.”.
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Editorial Notes
Amendments
2023—Pub. L. 118–31 inserted at end “The Secretary of the Air Force may detail members of the Space Force in the same manner as regular and reserve members of the Air Force.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Demonstration Project for Instruction and Support of Army ROTC Units by Army Reserve and National Guard
Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, § 554, , 110 Stat. 2527, directed the Secretary of the Army to carry out a demonstration project in order to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing instruction and similar support to units of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps of the Army through members of the Army Reserve, including members of the Individual Ready Reserve, and members of the Army National Guard, at at least one institution of higher education, and to submit to Congress a report assessing the activities under the project not later than Feb. 1 in each of 1998 and 1999, and provided that the Secretary’s authority to carry out the project would expire three years after .
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1964–2023 · 2 acts
- 1964Added Pub. L. 88–647, title II, § 201(1), , 78 Stat. 1069
- 2023amended Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(l)(3), , 137 Stat. 674.
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(Added Pub. L. 88–647, title II, § 201(1), , 78 Stat. 1069; amended Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(l)(3), , 137 Stat. 674.)