Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§8903 Release From Militia Duty Upon Order to Active Duty in Reserve Components
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps › Part IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 887— NAVAL MILITIA › § 8903
Summary
If someone belongs to both the Naval Militia and the Navy Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve and is ordered to active duty, they are excused from all Naval Militia jobs and duties starting on the active‑duty date listed in their orders. They stay excused until they are released from that active duty.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8903
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When ordered to active duty, a member of the Navy Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve who is a member of the Naval Militia is relieved from all service and duty in the Naval Militia from the date of active duty specified in his orders until he is released from active duty.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 785350 U.S.C. 1073.July 9, 1952, ch. 608, § 503, 66 Stat. 500. The words “in the service of the United States” are omitted as covered by the definition of “active duty” in § 101 of this title. The words “is relieved” are substituted for the words “shall stand relieved”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7853 of this title as this section. 2006—Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve”.
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. § 8903
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60