Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§7252 Service Credit: Regular Enlisted Members; Service as an Officer to Be Counted as Enlisted Service
Title 10 › Subtitle B — Army › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 733 — MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › § 7252
Summary
Regular Army enlisted members can count time they served on active duty as Army officers as if it were enlisted service for all purposes.
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Title 10, §7252
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
An enlisted member of the Regular Army is entitled to count active service as an officer in the Army as enlisted service for all purposes.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 368410:631a (last proviso).
July 14, 1939, ch. 267, § 1 (last proviso); restated
May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 19(b) (last proviso), 68 Stat. 166.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3684 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7252
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102