Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§954 Voluntary Extension; Probation

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 48 — MILITARY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES › § 954

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may keep members under his authority beyond their normal service so they can volunteer for probation to seek an honorable return to duty.

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Title 10, §954

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary concerned may provide for persons who were subject to his authority at the time of commission of their offenses a system for retention of selected offenders beyond expiration of normal service obligation in order to voluntarily serve a period of probation with a view to honorable restoration to duty.

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Amendments

1997—Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “his authority” for “this authority”.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 954

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102