Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§515 Reenlistment After Discharge as Warrant Officer
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 31 — ENLISTMENTS › § 515
Summary
If someone was discharged from the regular part of a military service under section 1165 or 1166, they can ask to re-enlist in that same service, and the Secretary of that service can decide what rank to give them. If the discharge was under section 1165, they cannot be re-enlisted at a lower rank than the one they held just before becoming a warrant officer.
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Title 10, §515
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A person who has been discharged from a regular component of an armed force under section 1165 or 1166 of this title may, upon his request and in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be enlisted in that armed force in the grade prescribed by the Secretary. However, a person discharged under section 1165 of this title may not be enlisted in a grade lower than the grade that he held immediately before appointment as a warrant officer.
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Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 51510:600d (last 36 words of last sentence).34:135d (last 36 words of last sentence).10:600m (last 21 words of 3d sentence).34:430a (last 21 words of 3d sentence).May 29, 1954, ch. 249, §§ 6 (last 36 words of last sentence), 15 (last 21 words of 3d sentence), 68 Stat. 159, 164. The first 20 words are inserted for clarity. The word “request” is substituted for the word “application”.
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10 U.S.C. § 515
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102