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§9252 Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted service

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 933— - MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › § 9252

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Title 10, §9252

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An enlisted member of the Regular Air Force or the Space Force is entitled to count active service as an officer in the Air Force, in the Space Force, and in the Army, as enlisted service for all purposes.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 868410:631a (last proviso).
July 14, 1939, ch. 267, § 1 (last proviso); restated
May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 19(b) (last proviso), 68 Stat. 166.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2023—Pub. L. 118–31 struck out “Regular” before “Space Force is entitled”. 2021—Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “or the Regular Space Force” after “Regular Air Force” and “in the Space Force,” after “in the Air Force,”. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8684 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.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 9252

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73