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U.S. Code / Title 10 — Armed Forces / Subtitle A—General Military Law / Part II—Personnel
Title 10Chapter

Chapter 31—Enlistments

Contents

  1. § 501. Definition
  2. § 502. Enlistment oath: who may administer
  3. § 503. Enlistments: recruiting campaigns; compilation of directory information
  4. § 504. Persons not qualified
  5. § 505. Regular components: qualifications, term, grade
  6. § 506. Regular components: extension of enlistments during war
  7. § 507. Extension of enlistment for members needing medical care or hospitalization
  8. § 508. Reenlistment: qualifications
  9. § 509. Voluntary extension of enlistments: periods and benefits
  10. § 510. Enlistment incentives for pursuit of skills to facilitate national service
  11. § 511. College First Program
  12. [§512. Renumbered §12104]
  13. § 513. Enlistments: Delayed Entry Program
  14. § 514. Bounties prohibited; substitutes prohibited
  15. § 515. Reenlistment after discharge as warrant officer
  16. § 516. Effect upon enlisted status of acceptance of appointment as cadet or midshipman
  17. § 517. Authorized enlisted end strength: members in pay grades E–8 and E–⁠9
  18. § 518. Temporary enlistments
  19. § 519. Temporary enlistments: during war or emergency
  20. § 520. Limitation on enlistment and induction of persons whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is below a prescribed level
  21. [§520a. Repealed. Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title X, §1076(g)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–282]
  22. § 520b. Applicants for enlistment: authority to use funds for the issue of authorized articles
  23. § 520c. Recruiting functions: provision of meals and refreshments

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Title 10, U.S. Code
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