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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§572 Warrant Officers: Original Appointment; Service Credit

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 33A — APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS ON THE WARRANT OFFICER ACTIVE-DUTY LIST › § 572

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

When counting time for promotion, people first appointed as warrant officers in the regular or reserve forces get service credit the Secretary in charge decides. They cannot get credit for more time than the actual active service they did in that warrant officer grade or in a higher grade. The Secretary must also give credit for prior special training, special experience, or advanced education to someone first appointed as a regular warrant officer, if those qualifications are in fields the Secretary picks and are directly related to the service’s needs.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §572

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)For the purposes of promotion, persons originally appointed in regular or reserve warrant officer grades shall be credited with such service as the Secretary concerned may prescribe. However, such a person may not be credited with a period of service greater than the period of active service performed in the grade, or pay grade corresponding to the grade, in which so appointed, or in any higher grade or pay grade.
(b)The Secretary concerned shall credit a person who is receiving an original appointment as a warrant officer in the regular component of an armed force under the jurisdiction of such Secretary concerned, and who has advanced education or training or special experience, with constructive service for such education, training, or experience, as follows:
(1)For special training or experience in a particular warrant officer field designated by the Secretary concerned, if such training or experience is directly related to the operational needs of the armed force concerned, as determined by such Secretary concerned.
(2)For advanced education in a warrant officer field designated by the Secretary concerned, if such education is directly related to the operational needs of the armed force concerned, as determined by such Secretary concerned.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 556 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–190, § 1112(a).

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 1132 of Pub. L. 102–190, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1991 Amendment note under section 521 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 572

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102