Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8245 Flight Rations
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 827 — RATIONS › § 8245
Summary
Navy or Marine Corps funds may pay for in‑flight meals for naval service members and Department of the Navy civilian employees during flights; these supplement other rations but cannot be provided free to those traveling or receiving per diem.
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Title 10, §8245
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An aircraft flight ration chargeable to the proper Navy or Marine Corps appropriation may be furnished to members of the naval service and to civilian employees of the Department of the Navy while engaged in flight operations. The flight ration is supplementary to any ration or subsistence allowance to which the members or employees are otherwise entitled. However, the flight ration may not be furnished without charge to any person in a travel status or to any person to whom a per diem allowance is granted in place of subsistence.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 608534 U.S.C. 909.June 5, 1942, ch. 327, 56 Stat. 308. The words “members of the naval service and to civilian employees of the Department of the Navy” are substituted for the words “officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Navy and Marine Corps” for uniformity. The words “in kind” and the word “aircraft” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6085 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.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8245
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102