Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§1165 Regular warrant officers: separation during three-year probationary period
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 59— - SEPARATION › § 1165
Summary
The Secretary can end a permanent warrant officer’s appointment within three years of accepting it. If separated this way, they can get separation pay under section 1174 if eligible, or be enlisted under section 515 (no pay if enlisted).
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §1165
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The Secretary concerned may terminate the regular appointment of any permanent regular warrant officer at any time within three years after the date when the officer accepted his original permanent appointment as a warrant officer in that component. A warrant officer who is separated under this section is entitled, if eligible therefor, to separation pay under section 1174 or he may be enlisted under section 515 of this title. If such a warrant officer is enlisted under section 515 of this title, he is not entitled to separation pay.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 116510:600d (less last 36 words of last sentence).34:135d (less last 36 words of last sentence).May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 6 (less last 36 words of last sentence), 68 Stat. 159. The words “in his discretion” are omitted as surplusage. The last 10 words of the last sentence are inserted for clarity.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1980—Pub. L. 96–513 authorized entitlement, if the regular warrant officer is eligible therefor, to separation pay under section 1174.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to prescribe
Regulations
under the amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 1165
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73