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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 31— ENLISTMENTS · § 508

§ 508. Reenlistment: qualifications

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(a)No person whose service during his last term of enlistment was not honest and faithful may be reenlisted in an armed force. However, the Secretary concerned may authorize the reenlistment in the armed force under his jurisdiction of such a person if his conduct after that service has been good.
(b)A person discharged from a Regular component may be reenlisted in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, Regular Marine Corps, Space Force, or Regular Coast Guard, as the case may be, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe.
(c)This section does not deprive a person of any right to be reenlisted in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, Regular Marine Corps, Space Force, or Regular Coast Guard under any other provision of law.
(Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(1)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 755; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(5)(C), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3822; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1717(b)(4), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 655.)
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  • Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(1)(B)
  • 81 Stat. 755
  • 134 Stat. 3822
  • 137 Stat. 655
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§ 508
Reenlistment: qualifications
Pub. L.Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(1)(B)
Stat.81 Stat. 755
Stat.134 Stat. 3822
Stat.137 Stat. 655
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