Federal
Title 10 — Armed Forces
4,032 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 687 — Renumbered § 12319]
- § 688 — Retired members: authority to order to active duty; duties
- § 688a — Authority to order to active duty in high-demand, low-density assignments
- § 689 — Retired members: grade in which ordered to active duty and upon release from active duty
- § 690 — Retired members ordered to active duty: limitation on number
- § 691 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title IV, § 402(a)(1) , Dec. 23, 2022 , 136 Stat. 2551 ]
- § 7001 — Definitions
- § 701 — Entitlement and accumulation
- § 7011 — Organization
- § 7012 — Department of the Army: seal
- § 7013 — Secretary of the Army
- § 7014 — Office of the Secretary of the Army
- § 7015 — Under Secretary of the Army
- § 7016 — Assistant Secretaries of the Army
- § 7017 — Secretary of the Army: successors to duties
- § 7018 — Administrative Assistant
- § 7019 — General Counsel
- § 702 — Cadets and midshipmen
- § 7020 — Inspector General
- § 7021 — Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee
- § 7022 — Financial management
- § 7023 — Chief of Legislative Liaison
- § 7024 — Director of Small Business Programs
- § 703 — Reenlistment leave
- § 7031 — The Army Staff: function; composition
- § 7032 — The Army Staff: general duties
- § 7033 — Chief of Staff
- § 7034 — Vice Chief of Staff
- § 7035 — Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff
- § 7036 — Chiefs of branches: appointment; duties
- § 7037 — Judge Advocate General, Deputy Judge Advocate General, and general officers of Judge Advocate General’s Corps: appointment; duties
- § 7038 — Office of Army Reserve: appointment of Chief
- § 704 — Use of leave; regulations
- § 704a — Administration of leave: prohibition on authorizing, granting, or assigning leave not expressly authorized by law
- § 705 — Rest and recuperation absence: qualified members extending duty at designated locations overseas
- § 705a — Rest and recuperation absence: certain members undergoing extended deployment to a combat zone
- § 706 — Administration of leave required to be taken
- § 7061 — Regulations
- § 7062 — Policy; composition; organized peace establishment
- § 7063 — Basic branches
- § 7064 — Special branches
- § 7065 — Assignment and detail: officers assigned or detailed to basic and special branches
- § 7067 — Army Medical Department
- § 7068 — Medical Service Corps: organization; Chief and assistant chiefs
- § 7069 — Army Nurse Corps: composition; Chief and assistant chief; appointment; grade
- § 707 — Payment upon disapproval of certain court-martial sentences for excess leave required to be taken
- § 7070 — Army Medical Specialist Corps: organization; Chief
- § 7072 — Judge Advocate General’s Corps
- § 7073 — Chaplains
- § 7074 — Commands: territorial organization; engineer tactical units
- § 7075 — Regular Army: composition
- § 707a — Payment upon disapproval of certain board of inquiry recommendations for excess leave required to be taken
- § 708 — Educational leave of absence
- § 7081 — Dental Corps: Chief, functions
- § 7082 — Renumbered § 8582]
- § 7083 — Public Affairs Specialty
- § 7084 — Chief of Veterinary Corps
- § 709 — Emergency leave of absence
- § 709a — Expenses incurred in connection with leave canceled due to contingency operations: reimbursement
- § 710 — Career flexibility to enhance retention of members
- § 7101 — Officers on active duty: minimum strength based on requirements
- § 7102 — Congressional notification of significant Army force structure changes
- § 710a — Parental leave for members of certain reserve components of the armed forces
- § 711 — Senior members of Military Staff Committee of United Nations: appointment
- § 7110 — Regular Army: strength in grade; general officers
- § 711a — American National Red Cross: detail of commissioned officers
- § 712 — Foreign governments: detail to assist
- § 713 — State Department: assignment or detail as couriers and building inspectors
- § 7131 — Definition
- § 7138 — Regular Army: reenlistment after service as an officer
- § 714 — Senior leaders of the Department of Defense and other specified persons: authority to provide protection
- § 7142 — Army: percentage of high-school graduates
- § 715 — Attending Physician to the Congress: grade
- § 7151 — Commissioned officer grades
- § 7152 — General officers: title of office
- § 7153 — Commissioned officers: appointment without specification of branch; transfer between branches
- § 716 — Commissioned officers: transfers among the armed forces, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Public Health Service
- § 717 — Members of the armed forces: participation in international sports
- § 7176 — Retention on active duty
- § 718 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–433, title I, § 110(a)(1) , Oct. 1, 1986 , 100 Stat. 1001 ]
- § 719 — Department of Commerce: assignment or detail of members of the armed forces to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- § 7191 — Non-regular officers: status
- § 720 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(g)(1) , Dec. 23, 2016 , 130 Stat. 2103 ]
- § 7203 — Retired commissioned officers: status
- § 721 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 502(i)(1) , Oct. 28, 2009 , 123 Stat. 2276 ]
- § 7213 — Corps of Engineers: assignment or transfer of officers to duties involving civil functions
- § 7214 — Corps of Engineers: detail of officers to assist Mayor of District of Columbia
- § 7216 — Leader of Army Band: appointment
- § 7217 — Duties: chaplains; assistance required of commanding officers
- § 7218 — Duties: warrant officers; limitations
- § 722 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(h)(1) , Dec. 23, 2016 , 130 Stat. 2103 ]
- § 7222 — Rank: commissioned officers serving under temporary appointments
- § 7225 — Rank: warrant officers
- § 7229 — Command: commissioned officers of Army Medical Department
- § 723 — Support of civil authorities: requirement for use of members of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement personnel
- § 7231 — Command: chaplains
- § 7233 — Requirement of exemplary conduct
- § 7239 — Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants
- § 7251 — Presentation of United States flag upon retirement
- § 7252 — Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted service
- § 7253 — Flying officer rating: qualifications
- § 7263 — When Secretary may require
- § 7271 — Medal of honor: award
- § 7272 — Distinguished-service cross: award
- § 7273 — Distinguished-service medal: award
- § 7274 — Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal: limitations on award
- § 7275 — Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award
- § 7276 — Silver star: award
- § 7277 — Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: replacement
- § 7278 — Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: availability of appropriations
- § 7279 — Distinguished flying cross: award; limitations
- § 7280 — Soldier’s Medal: award; limitations
- § 7281 — Service medals: issue; replacement; availability of appropriations
- § 7282 — Medals: posthumous award and presentation
- § 7283 — Civil War battle streamers
- § 7284 — Medal of honor: duplicate medal
- § 7285 — Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of Honor Flag
- § 7286 — Korea Defense Service Medal
- § 7311 — Twenty years or more: regular or reserve commissioned officers
- § 7314 — Twenty to thirty years: enlisted members
- § 7317 — Thirty years or more: regular enlisted members
- § 7318 — Thirty years or more: regular commissioned officers
- § 7320 — More than thirty years: permanent professors and the Director of Admissions of the United States Military Academy
- § 7321 — Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United States Military Academy; waiver authority
- § 7324 — Forty years or more: Army officers
- § 7325 — Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement; enlisted members
- § 7326 — Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement; regular and reserve commissioned officers
- § 7329 — Computation of retired pay: law applicable
- § 7341 — General rule
- § 7342 — Higher grade for service in special positions
- § 7343 — Highest grade held satisfactorily: Reserve enlisted members reduced in grade not as a result of the member’s misconduct
- § 7344 — Higher grade after 30 years of service: warrant officers and enlisted members
- § 7345 — Restoration to former grade: retired warrant officers and enlisted members
- § 7346 — Retired lists
- § 7361 — Computation of retired pay
- § 7362 — Recomputation of retired pay to reflect advancement on retired list
- § 7371 — Army War College and United States Army Command and General Staff College: civilian faculty members
- § 7374 — Expert accountant for Inspector General
- § 7375 — Production of supplies and munitions: hours and pay of laborers and mechanics
- § 7377 — Certain civilian special agents: authority to execute warrants and make arrests
- § 7381 — Fatality reviews
- § 7401 — Members of Army: detail as students, observers, and investigators at educational institutions, industrial plants, and hospitals
- § 7402 — Enlisted members of Army: schools
- § 7403 — Army Ranger training: instructor staffing; safety
- § 7406 — Service schools: leaves of absence for instructors
- § 7409 — Rifle ranges: availability for use by members and civilians
- § 741 — Rank: commissioned officers of the armed forces
- § 7414 — Degree granting authority for United States Army Command and General Staff College
- § 7415 — The Judge Advocate General’s School: master of laws in military law
- § 7417 — Military history fellowships
- § 7418 — Drill sergeant trainees: human relations training
- § 7419 — Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits
- § 742 — Rank: warrant officers
- § 7420 — Recruit basic training: privacy
- § 7421 — Degree granting authority for United States Army War College
- § 7422 — Degree granting authority for United States Army Armament Graduate School
- § 743 — Rank: Chief of Staff of the Army; Chief of Naval Operations; Chief of Staff of the Air Force; Commandant of the Marine Corps; Chief of Space Operations
- § 7431 — Establishment; Superintendent; faculty
- § 7432 — Departments and professors: titles
- § 7433 — Superintendent; faculty: appointment and detail
- § 7433a — Superintendent: condition for detail to position
- § 7434 — Command and supervision
- § 7435 — Dean of Academic Board
- § 7436 — Permanent professors; director of admissions
- § 7437 — Chaplain
- § 7438 — Civilian faculty: number; compensation
- § 744 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(i)(1) , Dec. 23, 2016 , 130 Stat. 2103 ]
- § 7440 — Quartermaster
- § 7441 — Faculty and other officers: leaves of absence
- § 7441a — Cadets: appointment by the President
- § 7442 — Cadets: appointment; numbers, territorial distribution
- § 7442a — Cadets: nomination in event of death, resignation, or expulsion from office of Member of Congress otherwise authorized to nominate
- § 7443 — Cadets: appointment; to bring Corps to full strength
- § 7446 — Cadets: requirements for admission
- § 7447 — Cadets; nominees: effect of redistricting of States
- § 7448 — Cadets: service obligation
- § 7449 — Cadets: organization of Corps; service; instruction
- § 745 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1114(b) , Dec. 5, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1502 ]
- § 7450 — Cadets: clothing and equipment
- § 7451 — Cadets: deficiencies in conduct or studies; effect of failure on successor
- § 7452 — Cadets: hazing
- § 7453 — Cadets: degree and commission on graduation
- § 7454 — Buildings and grounds: memorial hall; buildings for religious worship
- § 7455 — Board of Visitors
- § 7456 — Use of certain gifts
- § 7457 — Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for major projects
- § 7458 — Grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes: acceptance; authorized grantees
- § 7459 — Mixed-funded athletic and recreational extracurricular programs: authority to manage appropriated funds in same manner as nonappropriated funds
- § 7460 — Cadets: charges and fees for attendance; limitation
- § 7461 — Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence
- § 7462 — Support of athletic programs
- § 747 — Command: when different commands of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard join
- § 7481 — Establishment: purpose
- § 7482 — Operation
- § 7483 — Transportation and subsistence during travel
- § 7484 — Quartermaster and ordnance property: sales
- § 7486 — Academy of Health Sciences: admission of civilians in physician assistant training program
- § 7487 — United States Army War College: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes
- § 749 — Command: commissioned officers in same grade or corresponding grades on duty at same place
- § 750 — Command: retired officers