Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces

10 U.S.C. § 972: Members: effect of time lost

Civil

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This statute defines conditions under which military members lose time credit, including unauthorized absence, confinement during trial, or inability to perform duties due to substance misuse or misconduct-related injury.

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deserts; is absent from his organization, station, or duty for more than one day without proper authority, as determined by competent authority; is confined by military or civilian authorities for more than one day in connection with a trial, whether before, during, or after the trial; or is unable for more than one day, as determined by competent authority, to perform his duties because of intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquor, or because of disease or injury resulting from his misconduct; deserts; is absent from his organization, station, or duty for more than one day without proper authority, as determined by competent authority; is confined by military or civilian authorities for more than one day in connection with a trial, whether before, during, or after the trial; or is unable for more than one day, as determined by competent authority, to perform his duties because of intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquor, or because of disease or injury resulting from his misconduct; the charge is dismissed before or during trial in a final disposition of the charge; or the trial results in an acquittal of the charge. the conviction is set aside in a final disposition of such charge, other than in a grant of clemency; or a judgment of acquittal or a dismissal is entered upon a reversal of the conviction on appeal.

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