Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8413 Aviation Cadets: Appointment as Reserve Officers
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART III — EDUCATION AND TRAINING › CHAPTER 851 — OFFICER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS › § 8413
Summary
If an aviation cadet meets the requirements in section 2003 of this title, the cadet may be appointed an ensign in the Navy Reserve or a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve and be designated a naval aviator. Cadets who finish training about the same time are treated as having started their commissioned service on the same date, and the Secretary of the Navy’s decision about that date is final.
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Title 10, §8413
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(a)An aviation cadet who fulfills the requirements of section 2003 of this title may be appointed an ensign in the Navy Reserve or a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve and designated a naval aviator.
(b)Aviation cadets who complete their training at approximately the same time are considered for all purposes to have begun their commissioned service on the same date, and the decision of the Secretary of the Navy in this regard is conclusive.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6913(a)34 U.S.C. 850f.Aug. 4, 1942, ch. 547, § 7, 56 Stat. 738. 6913(b)34 U.S.C. 850g.Aug. 4, 1942, ch. 547, § 8, 56 Stat. 738. In subsection (a) the proviso is omitted as unnecessary. section 1 of the Act of
April 28, 1950, ch. 120, 64 Stat. 90, terminated service credit for lump-sum payments granted under § 12 of the Act of
August 4, 1942, ch. 547, 56 Stat. 738, and thereby removed the only consequences of the proviso. The words “section 6023(b) of this title” are substituted for the words “law for designation or appointment as naval aviators” to provide specific reference to those requirements. The words “and designated a naval aviator” are added for clarity and to authorize specifically the designation, which is implied in 34 U.S.C. 850f.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6913 of this title as this section. 2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve”. 1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–513 substituted “section 2003” for “section 6023(b)”.
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.
Effective Date
of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8413
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102