Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§1170 Regular Enlisted Members: Minority Discharge
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 59 — SEPARATION › § 1170
Summary
A parent or guardian may, within 90 days after enlistment, ask the service Secretary to discharge a regular enlistee for the enlistee's convenience. The Secretary must discharge them with the pay and discharge papers due if they were under 18 and enlisted without written parental or guardian consent.
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Title 10, §1170
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Upon application by the parents or guardian of a regular enlisted member of an armed force to the Secretary concerned within 90 days after the member’s enlistment, the member shall be discharged for his own convenience, with the pay and form of discharge certificate to which his service entitles him, if—
(1)there is evidence satisfactory to the Secretary concerned that the member is under eighteen years of age; and
(2)the member enlisted without the written consent of his parent or guardian.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 1170
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102