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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§8451a Superintendent

Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART III — EDUCATION AND TRAINING › CHAPTER 853 — UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY › § 8451a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Superintendent runs the United States Naval Academy and has direct charge of its operations. The President assigns an officer to be Superintendent. That officer must agree that when the assignment ends they will be retired under section 8371(a), unless retirement is waived under section 8371(b). An officer must serve as Superintendent for at least three years. If the officer leaves the job early for any reason other than death, the Secretary of the Navy must tell Congress that the officer left before three years and explain why.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8451a

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(a)There is a Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. The immediate governance of the Naval Academy is under the Superintendent.
(b)The Superintendent shall be detailed to that position by the President. As a condition for detail to that position, an officer shall acknowledge that upon termination of that detail the officer shall be retired pursuant to section 8371(a) of this title, unless such retirement is waived under section 8371(b) of this title.
(c)An officer who is detailed to the position of Superintendent shall be so detailed for a period of not less than three years. In any case in which an officer serving as Superintendent is reassigned or retires before having completed three years service as Superintendent, or otherwise leaves that position (other than due to death) without having completed three years service in that position, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to Congress notice that such officer left the position of Superintendent without having completed three years service in that position, together with a statement of the reasons why that officer did not complete three years service in that position.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(c)(1), renumbered section 6951a of this title as this section. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 8371(a)” for “section 6371(a)” and “section 8371(b)” for “section 6371(b)”. 2004—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–375, § 541(b)(2)(A), inserted before period at end “pursuant to section 6371(a) of this title, unless such retirement is waived under section 6371(b) of this title”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–375, § 541(b)(2)(B), added subsec. (c).

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. Application of Section to Superintendents Serving on October 5, 1999Section not applicable to an officer serving on Oct. 5, 1999, in the position of Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Naval Academy, or Air Force Academy for so long as that officer continues on and after that date to serve in that position without a break in service, see section 532(a)(5) of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section 7321 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8451a

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102