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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 1205— APPOINTMENT OF RESERVE OFFICERS · § 12206

§ 12206. Commissioned officers: appointment of former commissioned officers

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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a person who is a former commissioned officer may, if otherwise qualified, be appointed as a reserve officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps. A person so appointed—
(1)may be placed on the reserve active-status list of that armed force in the grade equivalent to the permanent regular or reserve grade, and in the same competitive category, in which the person previously served satisfactorily on active duty or in an active status; and
(2)may be credited for the purpose of determining date of rank under section 741(d) of this title with service in grade equal to that held by that person when discharged or separated.
(Added § 596a and renumbered § 12206, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1633, 1662(c)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2965, 2990.)
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  • Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI
  • 108 Stat. 2965
  • Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(c)(2)
  • section 596a of this title
  • section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337
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§ 12206
Commissioned officers: appointment of former commissioned officers
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI
Stat.108 Stat. 2965
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(c)(2)
Citesection 596a of this title
Pub. L.section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337
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