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10 U.S.C. § 2107a — Financial assistance program for specially selected members: Army Reserve and Army National Guard
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**(a)**
(1) The Secretary of the Army may appoint as a cadet in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard of the United States any eligible member of the program who is enrolled in the Advanced Course of the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at a military college, military junior college, or civilian institution and who will be under 31 years of age on December 31 of the calendar year in which he is eligible under this section for appointment as a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard.
(2) To be considered a military college or military junior college for the purposes of this section, a school must be a civilian postsecondary educational institution essentially military in nature and meet such other requirements as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe. For purposes of this section, a military junior college does not confer a baccalaureate degree.
**(b)**
(1) To be eligible for appointment as a cadet under this section, a member of the program must—
(A) be a citizen or national of the United States;
(B) be specially selected for the financial assistance program under this section under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the Army;
(C) enlist in a reserve component of the Army for the period prescribed by the Secretary of the Army;
(D) contract, with the consent of his parent or guardian if he is a minor, with the Secretary of the Army to serve for the period required by the program;
(E) agree in writing that he will accept an appointment, if offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army Reserve or the Army National Guard of the United States; and
(F) agree in writing that he will serve in a troop program unit of the Army Reserve or Army National Guard for not less than eight years.
(2) Performance of duty under an
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**(a)**
(1) The Secretary of the Army may appoint as a cadet in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard of the United States any eligible member of the program who is enrolled in the Advanced Course of the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at a military college, military junior college, or civilian institution and who will be under 31 years of age on December 31 of the calendar year in which he is eligible under this section for appointment as a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard.
(2) To be considered a military college or military junior college for the purposes of this section, a school must be a civilian postsecondary educational institution essentially military in nature and meet such other requirements as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe. For purposes of this section, a military junior college does not confer a baccalaureate degree.
**(b)**
(1) To be eligible for appointment as a cadet under this section, a member of the program must—
(A) be a citizen or national of the United States;
(B) be specially selected for the financial assistance program under this section under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the Army;
(C) enlist in a reserve component of the Army for the period prescribed by the Secretary of the Army;
(D) contract, with the consent of his parent or guardian if he is a minor, with the Secretary of the Army to serve for the period required by the program;
(E) agree in writing that he will accept an appointment, if offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army Reserve or the Army National Guard of the United States; and
(F) agree in writing that he will serve in a troop program unit of the Army Reserve or Army National Guard for not less than eight years.
(2) Performance of duty under an agreement under this subsection shall be under such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe and may include periods of active duty, active duty for training, and other service in an active or inactive status in the reserve component in which appointed.
(3)
(A) Subject to subparagraph (C), in the case of a person described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary may, at any time and with the consent of the person, modify an agreement described in paragraph (1)(F) submitted by the person for the purpose of reducing or eliminating the troop program unit service obligation specified in the agreement and to establish, in lieu of that obligation, an active duty service obligation.
(B) Subparagraph (A) applies with respect to the following persons:
(i) A cadet under this section at a military junior college.
(ii) A cadet or former cadet under this section who is selected under [section 2114 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2114&num=0&edition=prelim) to be a medical student at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
(iii) A cadet or former cadet under this section who signs an agreement under [section 2122 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2122&num=0&edition=prelim) for participation in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program.
(C) The modification of an agreement described in paragraph (1)(F) may be made only if the Secretary determines that it is in the best interests of the United States to do so.
**(c)**
(1) The Secretary of the Army shall provide for the payment of all expenses of the Department of the Army in administering the financial assistance program under this section, including the cost of tuition, fees, books, and laboratory expenses which are incurred by members of the program appointed as cadets under this section while such members are students at a military junior college.
(2) In the case of a cadet eligible to receive financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the military department concerned may, in lieu of all or part of the financial assistance described in paragraph (1), provide financial assistance in the form of room and board expenses for such cadet and other expenses required by the educational institution.
(3) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 531(b), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3247.]
(4)
(A) The Secretary of the Army may provide an individual who received a commission as a Reserve officer in the Army from a military junior college through a program under this chapter and who does not have a baccalaureate degree with financial assistance for pursuit of a baccalaureate degree.
(B) Such assistance is in addition to any provided under paragraph (1) or (2).
(C) The agreement and reimbursement requirements established in [section 2005 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2005&num=0&edition=prelim) are applicable to financial assistance under this paragraph.
(D) An officer receiving financial assistance under this paragraph shall be attached to a unit of the Army as determined by the Secretary and shall be considered to be a member of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps on inactive duty for training, as defined in [section 101(23) of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section101/23&num=0&edition=prelim).
(E) A qualified officer who did not previously receive financial assistance under this section is eligible to receive educational assistance under this paragraph.
(F) A Reserve officer may not be called or ordered to active duty for a deployment while participating in the program under this paragraph.
(G) Any service obligation incurred by an officer under an agreement entered into under this paragraph shall be in addition to any service obligation incurred by that officer under any other provision of law or agreement.
**(d)** Upon satisfactorily completing the academic and military requirements of the program, a cadet may be appointed as a reserve officer in the Army in the grade of second lieutenant, even though he is under 21 years of age.
**(e)** The date of rank of officers appointed under this section in May or June of any year is the date of graduation of cadets from the United States Military Academy in that year. The Secretary of the Army shall establish the date of rank of all other officers appointed under this section.
**(f)** A cadet who does not complete the course of instruction, or who completes the course but declines to accept a commission when offered, or who does not complete a baccalaureate degree within five years after appointment as a cadet under this section, may be ordered to active duty by the Secretary of the Army to serve in his enlisted grade for such period of time as the Secretary prescribes but not for more than four years.
**(g)** In computing length of service for any purpose, an officer appointed under this section may not be credited with service as a cadet or with concurrent enlisted service, other than enlisted service performed after August 1, 1979, as a member of the Selected Reserve.
**(h)** The Secretary of the Army shall appoint each year under this section not less than 22 cadets at each military junior college at which there are not less than 22 members of the program eligible under subsection (b) for such an appointment. At any military junior college at which in any year there are fewer than 22 such members, the Secretary shall appoint each such member as a cadet under this section.
**(i)** Cadets appointed under this section are in addition to the number appointed under [section 2107 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2107&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(j)** Financial assistance provided under this section to a cadet appointed at a military junior college is designated as, and shall be known as, an “Ike Skelton Early Commissioning Program Scholarship”.
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**(a)** Upon satisfactorily completing the academic and military requirements of the program of advanced training, a member of the program who was selected for advanced training under [section 2104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2104&num=0&edition=prelim) may be appointed as a regular or reserve officer in the appropriate armed force in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign, even though he is under 21 years of age.
**(b)** The date of rank of officers appointed under this section in May or June of any year is the date of graduation of cadets or midshipmen from the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy, as the case may be, in that year. The Secretary of the military department concerned shall establish the date of rank of all other officers appointed under this section.
**(c)** In computing length of service for any purpose, an officer appointed under this section may not be credited with enlisted service for the period covered by his advanced training, other than any period of enlisted service performed on or after August 1, 1979, as a member of the Selected Reserve.
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**(a)** Medical students at the University shall be selected under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. In so prescribing, the Secretary shall consider the recommendations of the Board. However, selection procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense shall emphasize the basic requirement that students demonstrate sincere motivation and dedication to a career in the uniformed services (as defined in [section 1072(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1072/1&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b)**
(1) Medical students shall be commissioned officers of a uniformed service as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense after consulting with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. They shall be appointed as regular officers in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign and shall serve on active duty in that grade.
(2) If a member of the uniformed services selected to be a student has prior active service in a pay grade and with years of service credited for pay that would entitle the member, if the member remained in the former grade, to a rate of basic pay in excess of the rate of basic pay for regular officers in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign, the member shall be paid basic pay based on the former grade and years of service credited for pay. The amount of such basic pay for the member shall be increased on January 1 of each year by the percentage by which basic pay is increased on average on that date for that year, and the member shall continue to receive basic pay based on the former grade and years of service until the date, whether occurring before or after graduation, on which the basic pay for the member in the member’s actual grade and years of service credited
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**(a)** To be eligible for participation as a member of the program, a person must be a citizen of the United States and must—
(1) be accepted for admission to, or enrolled in, an institution in a course of study or selected to receive specialized training;
(2) sign an agreement that unless sooner separated he will—
(A) complete the educational phase of the program;
(B) accept an appropriate reappointment or designation within his military service, if tendered, based upon his health profession, following satisfactory completion of the program;
(C) participate in the intern program of his service if selected for such participation;
(D) participate in the residency program of his service, if selected, or be released from active duty for the period required to undergo civilian residency if selected for such training; and
(E) because of his sincere motivation and dedication to a career in the uniformed services, participate in military training while he is in the program, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense; and
(3) meet the requirements for appointment as a commissioned officer.
**(b)** The Secretary of Defense may require, as part of the agreement under subsection (a)(2), that a person must agree to accept, if offered, residency training in a health profession skill which has been designated by the Secretary as a critically needed wartime skill.
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**(a)** The Secretary concerned may require, as a condition to the Secretary providing advanced education assistance to any person, that such person enter into a written agreement with the Secretary concerned under the terms of which such person shall agree—
(1) to complete the educational requirements specified in the agreement and to serve on active duty for a period specified in the agreement;
(2) that if such person fails to complete the education requirements specified in the agreement, such person will serve on active duty for a period specified in the agreement;
(3) that if such person does not complete the period of active duty specified in the agreement, or does not fulfill any term or condition prescribed pursuant to paragraph (4), such person shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) or 373 of title 37; and
(4) to such other terms and conditions as the Secretary concerned may prescribe to protect the interest of the United States.
**(b)** The Secretary concerned shall determine the period of active duty to be served by any person for advanced education assistance to be provided such person by an armed force, except that if the period of active duty required to be served is specified under another provision of law with respect to the advanced education assistance to be provided, the period specified in the agreement referred to in subsection (a) shall be the same as the period specified in such other provision of law.
**(c)** As a condition of the Secretary concerned providing financial assistance under section 2107 or 2107a of this title to any person, the Secretary concerned shall require that the person enter into the agreement described in subsection (a). In addition to the requirements of paragraphs (1) through (4) of such subs
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**(a)** The Secretary of the military department concerned may appoint as a cadet or midshipman, as appropriate, in the reserve of an armed force under his jurisdiction any eligible member of the program who will be under 31 years of age on December 31 of the calendar year in which he is eligible under this section for appointment as an ensign in the Navy or as a second lieutenant in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force.
**(b)** To be eligible for appointment as a cadet or midshipman under this section a member must—
(1) be a citizen or national of the United States;
(2) be specially selected for the financial assistance program under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned;
(3) enlist in the reserve component of an armed force for the period prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned;
(4) contract, with the consent of his parent or guardian if he is a minor, with the Secretary of the military department concerned, or his designated representative, to serve for the period required by the program; and
(5) agree in writing that, at the discretion of the Secretary of the military department concerned, he will—
(A)
(i) accept an appointment, if offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, as the case may be, and that, if he is commissioned as a regular officer and his regular commission is terminated before the sixth anniversary of his date of rank, he will accept an appointment, if offered, in the reserve component of an armed force and not resign before that anniversary or before such other date, not beyond the eighth anniversary of the midshipman’s date of rank, that the Secretary of Defense may prescribe; and
(ii) serve on active du
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**(a)** The Secretary of the military department concerned may give to any enlisted member of an armed force under his jurisdiction, or any person who has served on active duty in any armed force, such advanced standing in the program as may be justified by his education and training.
**(b)** In determining a member’s eligibility for advanced training, the Secretary of the military department concerned may credit him with any military training that is substantially equivalent in kind to that prescribed for admission to advanced training and was received while he was taking a course of instruction in a program under the jurisdiction of another armed force or while he was on active duty in the armed forces.
**(c)** The Secretary of the military department concerned may excuse from a portion of the prescribed course of military instruction, including field training and practice cruises, any person found qualified on the basis of his previous education, military experience, or both.
**(d)** A person may become, remain, or be readmitted as, a member of the advanced training program after receiving a baccalaureate degree or completing pre-professional studies if he has not completed the course of military instruction or all field training or practice cruises prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned. If a member of the program has been accepted for resident graduate or professional study, the Secretary of the military department concerned may delay the commencement of that member’s obligated period of active duty, and any obligated period of active duty for training or other service in an active or inactive status in a reserve component, until the member has completed that study. If a cadet appointed under [section 2107a of this title](https://uscode
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**(a) Program Requirement.—** The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program to facilitate the enrollment and instruction of persons from foreign countries as international students at the senior military colleges.
**(b) Purposes.—** The purposes of the program shall be—
(1) to provide a high-quality, cost-effective military-based educational experience for international students in furtherance of the military-to-military program objectives of the Department of Defense; and
(2) to enhance the educational experience and preparation of future United States military leaders through increased, extended interaction with highly qualified potential foreign military leaders.
**(c) Coordination With the Senior Military Colleges.—** Guidelines for implementation of the program shall be developed in coordination with the senior military colleges.
**(d) Recommendations for Admission of Students Under the Program.—** The Secretary of Defense shall annually identify to the senior military colleges the international students who, based on criteria established by the Secretary, the Secretary recommends be considered for admission under the program. The Secretary shall identify the recommended international students to the senior military colleges as early as possible each year to enable those colleges to consider them in a timely manner in their respective admissions processes.
**(e) DOD Financial Support.—** An international student who is admitted to a senior military college under the program under this section is responsible for the cost of instruction at that college. The Secretary of Defense may, from funds available to the Department of Defense other than funds available for financial assistance under [section 2107a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?re
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**(a) Recruiting Campaigns.—**
(1) The Secretary concerned shall conduct intensive recruiting campaigns to obtain enlistments in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, Regular Marine Corps, and Regular Coast Guard and the Space Force.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall act on a continuing basis to enhance the effectiveness of recruitment programs of the Department of Defense (including programs conducted jointly and programs conducted by the separate armed forces) through an aggressive program of advertising and market research targeted at prospective recruits for the armed forces and those who may influence prospective recruits. Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44 shall not apply to actions taken as part of that program.
(3) PII regarding a prospective recruit collected or compiled under this subsection shall be kept confidential, and a person who has had access to such PII may not disclose the information except for purposes of this section or other purpose authorized by law.
(4) In the course of conducting a recruiting campaign, the Secretary concerned shall—
(A) notify a prospective recruit of data collection policies of the armed force concerned; and
(B) permit the prospective recruit to elect not to participate in such data collection.
(5) In this subsection, the term “PII” means personally identifiable information.
**(b) Compilation of Directory Information.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may collect and compile directory information pertaining to each student who is 17 years of age or older or in the eleventh grade (or its equivalent) or higher and who is enrolled in a secondary school in the United States or its territories, possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(2) The Secretary may make directory information collected
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**(a)** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, an original appointment as a commissioned officer (other than as a commissioned warrant officer) in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps may be given only to a person who—
(1) is a citizen of the United States;
(2) is of good moral character;
(3) is physically qualified for active service; and
(4) has such other special qualifications as the Secretary of the military department concerned may prescribe by regulation.
**(b)**
(1) Original appointments in the Regular Army in the Medical Corps or Dental Corps, and original appointments in the Regular Air Force with a view to designation of an officer as a medical or dental officer, may be made in the grades of first lieutenant through colonel. Original appointments in the Regular Navy in the Medical Corps or Dental Corps may be made in the grades of lieutenant (junior grade) through captain. Such appointments may be made only from persons who are qualified doctors of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry.
(2) To be eligible for an original appointment as a medical officer, a doctor of osteopathy must—
(A) be a graduate of a college of osteopathy whose graduates are eligible to be licensed to practice medicine or surgery in a majority of the States;
(B) be licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or osteopathy in a State or in the District of Columbia;
(C) under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, have completed a number of years of osteopathic and preosteopathic education equal to the number of years of medical and premedical education prescribed for persons entering recognized schools of medicine who become doctors of medicine and who would be qualified for an original appointment in the grade
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2107a
LIEUTENANT HENRY OSSIAN FLIPPER LEADERSHIP
SCHOLARSHIPS
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title V, § 548, Dec. 12, 2017, 131
Stat. 1398, provided that:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall
designate a number of scholarships under the Army
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (SROTC) pro-
gram that are available to students at minority-serving
institutions as ‘Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper Lead-
ership Scholarships’.
‘‘(b) NUMBER DESIGNATED.—The number of scholar-
ships designated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be the
number the Secretary determines appropriate to in-
crease the number of Senior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps scholarships at minority-serving institutions. In
making the determination, the Secretary shall give ap-
propriate consideration to the following:
‘‘(1) The number of Senior Reserve Officers’ Train-
ing Corps scholarships available at all institutions
participating in the Senior Reserve Officer’s Training
Corps program.
‘‘(2) The number of such minority-serving institu-
tions that offer the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps program to their students.
‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP.—The Secretary may in-
crease any scholarship designated pursuant to sub-
section (a) to an amount in excess of the amount of the
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program schol-
arship that would otherwise be offered at the minority-
serving institution concerned if the Secretary con-
siders that a scholarship of such increased amount is
appropriate for the purpose of the scholarship.
‘‘(d) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION DEFINED.—In this
section, the term ‘minority-serving institution’ means
an institution of higher education described in section
371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (
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