Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces
10 U.S.C. § 971: Service credit: officers may not count service performed while serving as cadet or midshipman
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The period of service under an enlistment or period of obligated service while also performing service as a cadet or midshipman or serving as a midshipman in the Navy Reserve may not be counted in computing, for any purpose, the length of service of an officer of an armed force or an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service. An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps. A commissioned officer of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force. An officer of the Coast Guard. An officer in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service. service as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or United States Coast Guard Academy; or service as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy.
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