Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60

§2568a Damaged Personal Protective Equipment: Award to Members Separating From the Armed Forces and Veterans

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter 152— ISSUE OF SUPPLIES, SERVICES, AND FACILITIES › § 2568a

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

A military department head can give a covered person their demilitarized, damaged personal protective equipment (PPE) for free through a Defense Logistics Agency distribution center. A covered person is either a member under that secretary who is leaving the armed forces or a veteran who served under that secretary. PPE means protective gear that was damaged during that person’s deployment on or after September 11, 2001.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2568a

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of a military department, acting through a disposition service distribution center of the Defense Logistics Agency, may award to a covered individual the demilitarized PPE of that covered individual. The award of PPE under this section shall be without cost to the covered individual.

(b)In this section:

(1)The term “covered individual” means—

(A)a member of the armed forces—

(i)under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned; and

(ii)who is separating from the armed forces; or

(B)a veteran who was under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned while a member of the armed forces.

(2)The term “PPE” means personal protective equipment that was damaged in combat or otherwise—

(A)during the deployment of a covered individual; and

(B)after September 11, 2001.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2568a

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60