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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 31— ENLISTMENTS · § 506

§ 506. Regular components: extension of enlistments during war

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An enlistment in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, Regular Marine Corps, Space Force, or Regular Coast Guard in effect at the beginning of a war, or entered into during a war, unless sooner terminated by the President, continues in effect until six months after the termination of that war.
(Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(1)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 754; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(5)(B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3822; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1717(b)(3), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 655.)
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  • Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(1)(B)
  • 81 Stat. 754
  • 134 Stat. 3822
  • 137 Stat. 655
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