Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§506 Regular components: extension of enlistments during war
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 31— - ENLISTMENTS › § 506
Summary
Enlistments in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, Regular Marine Corps, Space Force, or Regular Coast Guard that are active when a war begins, or that start during a war, must continue until six months after the war ends. The President can end those enlistments sooner.
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Title 10, §506
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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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Another section 506 was renumbered section 500f of this title.
Amendments
2023—Pub. L. 118–31 struck out “Regular” before “Space Force”. 2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Regular Marine Corps, Regular Space Force,” for “Regular Marine Corps,”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 506
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73