Sec. 523. Review of Seaman to Admiral-21 program; credit towards retirement
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The Secretary of the Navy shall review personnel records of all participants in the Seaman to Admiral-21 program during fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to determine whether each participant acknowledged, before entering a baccalaureate degree program, that service during the baccalaureate degree program would not be included when computing years of service for retirement. For each participant described in subsection
(a)for whom the Secretary cannot find evidence of an acknowledgment described in that subsection, the Secretary shall include service during the baccalaureate degree program when computing— years of service; and retired or retainer pay. The Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding the results of the review under subsection
(a)and the number of participants credited with service under subsection (b). The Secretary of the Navy shall carry out this section not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.