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§572 Warrant Officers: Original Appointment; Service Credit

Title 10 › Subtitle 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 Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The appropriate service secretary decides how much prior time counts for promotion for people first appointed as regular or reserve warrant officers. But no one can be given credit for more time than the actual active duty time they served in that warrant officer grade or any higher grade. If a person is first appointed as a regular warrant officer and has advanced education, special training, or special experience, the service secretary must count that education, training, or experience as service time for promotion when it is in a warrant officer field the secretary designates and directly fits the service’s operational needs.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §572

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(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.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 572

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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