Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§654 Minimum service requirement for certain cyberspace occupational specialties
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 37— - GENERAL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS › § 654
Summary
Marines who directly join and finish cyberspace operations officer training must serve eight years, and "service obligation" means active duty or, for reservists who trained on active-duty-for-training, service in the Selected Reserve.
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Title 10, §654
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(a)The minimum service obligation for any member who successfully completes training in the armed forces in direct accession to the cyberspace operations officer occupational specialty of the Marine Corps shall be eight years.
(b)In this section, the term “service obligation” means the period of active duty or, in the case of a member of a reserve component who completed cyberspace operations training in an active duty for training status as a member of a reserve component, the period of service in an active status in the Selected Reserve, required to be served after completion of cyberspace operations training.
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Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 654, added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 571(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1670, related to policy concerning homosexuality in the armed forces, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 111–321, § 2(f)(1)(A), Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3516.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Pub. L. 111–321, Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3515, repealed former section 654 of this title effective 60 days after the later of the Secretary of Defense receiving a report, which was released Nov. 30, 2010, and the President transmitting to the congressional defense committees a written certification, which was transmitted July 22, 2011.
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10 U.S.C. § 654
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73