Title 10Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§20003 Members: minimum service requirement as applied to Space Force

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle F— - Alternative Military Personnel Systems › Part PART I— - SPACE FORCE › Chapter CHAPTER 2001— - SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL SYSTEM › § 20003

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Limits how the military’s minimum-service rule works for people who join the Space Force. The parts of that rule about serving in a reserve component do not apply to someone who becomes a Space Force member. If a Space Force member transfers to another military branch before finishing the required service, they are treated under the minimum-service rule the same as if they had originally joined that other branch.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §20003

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(a)In applying section 651 of this title to a person who becomes a member of the Space Force, the provisions of the second sentence of subsection (a) and of subsection (b) of that section (relating to service in a reserve component) are inapplicable.
(b)A member of the Space Force who transfers to one of the other armed forces before completing the service required by subsection (a) of section 651 of this title shall upon such transfer be subject to section 651 of this title in the same manner as if such member had initially entered the armed force to which the member transfers.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 20003

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73