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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§8462 Midshipmen: discharge for unsatisfactory conduct or inaptitude

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART III— - EDUCATION AND TRAINING › Chapter CHAPTER 853— - UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY › § 8462

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Superintendent of the Naval Academy must send a written report to the Secretary of the Navy when a midshipman’s behavior is unsatisfactory or when the Academic Board unanimously finds the midshipman lacks the aptitude to be a naval officer. The midshipman can read that report and submit a written reply. If the Secretary, after reading both, agrees the finding is reasonable, he may dismiss the midshipman from the Academy and from the naval service.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8462

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Superintendent of the Naval Academy shall submit to the Secretary of the Navy in writing a full report of the facts—
(1)whenever the Superintendent determines that the conduct of a midshipman is unsatisfactory; or
(2)whenever the Academic Board unanimously determines that midshipman possesses insufficient aptitude to become a commissioned officer in the naval service.
(b)A midshipman upon whom a report is made under subsection (a) shall be given an opportunity to examine the report and submit a written statement thereon. If the Secretary believes, on the basis of the report and statement, that the determination of the Superintendent or of the Academic Board is reasonable and well founded, he may discharge the midshipman from the Naval Academy and from the naval service.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 696234 U.S.C. 1062a.Dec. 11, 1945, ch. 562, 59 Stat. 605.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6962 of this title as this section.

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.

Reference

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8462

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73