Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§9481 Establishment: purpose
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART III— - TRAINING › Chapter CHAPTER 957— - SCHOOLS AND CAMPS › § 9481
Summary
The Secretary of the Air Force may run schools and camps to train warrant officers, enlisted members, and civilians to qualify for officer or noncommissioned-officer roles in Air Force Reserve or active Space Force.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9481
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The Secretary of the Air Force may maintain schools and camps for the military instruction and training of persons selected, upon their application, from warrant officers and enlisted members of the Air Force, the Space Force, and civilians, to qualify them for— (1)
(2)appointment as officers, or enlistment as noncommissioned officers, for service in the Space Force in a space force active status.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 941110:442 (words before 1st semicolon of 1st sentence).
June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 47d (words before 1st semicolon of 1st sentence); added
June 4, 1920, ch. 227, subch. I, § 34 (words before 1st semicolon of 1st sentence of last par.), 41 Stat. 779. The words “upon military reservations or elsewhere” are omitted as surplusage. The words “of the Air Force” are inserted for clarity. The words “or enlistment as” are inserted for clarity.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2023—Pub. L. 118–31 inserted dash after “to qualify them for” and par. (1) designation before “appointment”, substituted “; or” for “or the Space Force Reserve.”, and added par. (2). 2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 923(d)(16)(B), inserted “or the Space Force Reserve” after “the Air Force Reserve”. Pub. L. 116–283, § 923(d)(16)(A), which directed amendment of this section by inserting “, the Space Force,” after “members of the Air Force,”, was executed by making the insertion after “members of the Air Force” to reflect the probable intent of Congress. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9411 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. § 9481
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73