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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 2226 (Engrossed in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense for military co... · Sec. 551

Sec. 551. Future servicemember preparatory course

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If the number of nonprior service enlisted personnel covered under section 520 of title 10, United States Code, exceeds 10 percent of the total number of persons originally enlisted in an Armed Force during a fiscal year, the Secretary concerned shall establish a future servicemember preparatory course within the Armed Force concerned. The course established under subsection
(a)shall be designed to improve the physical and aptitude qualifications of military recruits. Each course established under this section shall comply with the following requirements: All nonprior service enlisted persons whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is at or above the twentieth percentile and below the thirty-first percentile must be enrolled in the course prior to attending initial basic training. Prior to attending initial basic training, all enlisted persons attending the course established under this section must achieve a score that exceeds the thirty-first percentile of the Armed Forces Qualification Test. Any enlisted person who fails to achieve course graduation requirements within 180 days of enlistment shall be separated under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned.
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