Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§9252 Service Credit: Regular Enlisted Members; Service as an Officer to Be Counted as Enlisted Service
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— Air Force and Space Force › Part II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 933— MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › § 9252
Summary
A Regular Air Force or Space Force enlisted member can count time they served on active duty as an officer in the Air Force, the Space Force, or the Army as if it were enlisted service. That counted time applies for every purpose.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9252
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An enlisted member of the Regular Air Force or the Space Force is entitled to count active service as an officer in the Air Force, in the Space Force, and 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) 868410:631a (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
2023—Pub. L. 118–31 struck out “Regular” before “Space Force is entitled”. 2021—Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “or the Regular Space Force” after “Regular Air Force” and “in the Space Force,” after “in the Air Force,”. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8684 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. § 9252
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60