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§7433a Superintendent: condition for detail to position

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Army › Part PART III— - TRAINING › Chapter CHAPTER 753— - UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY › § 7433a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

An officer assigned to be Superintendent of the Academy must agree that when the assignment ends they will be retired under section 7321(a) unless that retirement is waived under section 7321(b). The assignment must last at least three years. If the officer leaves, is reassigned, or retires before completing three years (except if they die), the Secretary of the Army must tell Congress and explain why.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §7433a

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(a)As a condition for detail to the position of Superintendent of the Academy, an officer shall acknowledge that upon termination of that detail the officer shall be retired pursuant to section 7321(a) of this title, unless such retirement is waived under section 7321(b) of this title.
(b)An officer who is detailed to the position of Superintendent of the Academy shall be so detailed for a period of not less than three years. In any case in which an officer serving as Superintendent is reassigned or retires before having completed three years service as Superintendent, or otherwise leaves that position (other than due to death) without having completed three years service in that position, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress notice that such officer left the position of Superintendent without having completed three years service in that position, together with a statement of the reasons why that officer did not complete three years service in that position.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 808(c)(1), renumbered section 4333a of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 7321(a)” for “section 3921(a)” and “section 7321(b)” for “section 3921(b)”. 2004—Pub. L. 108–375 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, inserted “pursuant to section 3921(a) of this title, unless such retirement is waived under section 3921(b) of this title” before period at end, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. Application of Section to Superintendents Serving on October 5, 1999Section not applicable to an officer serving on Oct. 5, 1999, in the position of Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Naval Academy, or Air Force Academy for so long as that officer continues on and after that date to serve in that position without a break in service, see section 532(a)(5) of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section 7321 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 7433a

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73