Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§515 Reenlistment after discharge as warrant officer
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 31— - ENLISTMENTS › § 515
Summary
Someone discharged from a regular component under section 1165 or 1166 may ask to re-enlist and the Secretary may set the grade; under 1165 they cannot be re-enlisted below their pre-warrant-officer grade.
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Title 10, §515
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A person who has been discharged from a regular component of an armed force under section 1165 or 1166 of this title may, upon his request and in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be enlisted in that armed force in the grade prescribed by the Secretary. However, a person discharged under section 1165 of this title may not be enlisted in a grade lower than the grade that he held immediately before appointment as a warrant officer.
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Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 51510:600d (last 36 words of last sentence).34:135d (last 36 words of last sentence).10:600m (last 21 words of 3d sentence).34:430a (last 21 words of 3d sentence).May 29, 1954, ch. 249, §§ 6 (last 36 words of last sentence), 15 (last 21 words of 3d sentence), 68 Stat. 159, 164. The first 20 words are inserted for clarity. The word “request” is substituted for the word “application”.
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10 U.S.C. § 515
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73