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10 U.S.C. § 2126 — Members of the program: service credit
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**(a) Service Not Creditable.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), service performed while a member of the program shall not be counted—
(1) in determining eligibility for retirement other than by reason of a physical disability incurred while on active duty as a member of the program; or
(2) in computing years of service creditable under [section 205 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section205&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Service Creditable for Certain Purposes.—**
(1) The Secretary concerned may authorize service performed by a member of the program in pursuit of a course of study under this subchapter to be counted in accordance with this subsection if the member—
(A) completes the course of study;
(B) completes the active duty obligation imposed under [section 2123(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2123/a&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(C) possesses a specialty designated by the Secretary concerned as critically needed in wartime.
(2) Service credited under paragraph (1) counts only for the award of retirement points for computation of years of service under [section 12732 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732&num=0&edition=prelim) and for computation of retired pay under [section 12733 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12733&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) The number of points credited to a member under paragraph (1) for a year of participation in a course of study is 50. The points shall be credited to the member for one of the years of that participation at the end of each year after the completion of the course of study that the me
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**(a) Service Not Creditable.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), service performed while a member of the program shall not be counted—
(1) in determining eligibility for retirement other than by reason of a physical disability incurred while on active duty as a member of the program; or
(2) in computing years of service creditable under [section 205 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section205&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Service Creditable for Certain Purposes.—**
(1) The Secretary concerned may authorize service performed by a member of the program in pursuit of a course of study under this subchapter to be counted in accordance with this subsection if the member—
(A) completes the course of study;
(B) completes the active duty obligation imposed under [section 2123(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2123/a&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(C) possesses a specialty designated by the Secretary concerned as critically needed in wartime.
(2) Service credited under paragraph (1) counts only for the award of retirement points for computation of years of service under [section 12732 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732&num=0&edition=prelim) and for computation of retired pay under [section 12733 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12733&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) The number of points credited to a member under paragraph (1) for a year of participation in a course of study is 50. The points shall be credited to the member for one of the years of that participation at the end of each year after the completion of the course of study that the member serves in the Selected Reserve and is credited under [section 12732(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim) with at least 50 points. The points credited for the participation shall be recorded in the member’s records as having been earned in the year of the participation in the course of study.
(4) Service may not be counted under paragraph (1) for more than four years of participation in a course of study as a member of the program.
(5) A member of the Selected Reserve may be considered to be in an active status while pursuing a course of study under this subchapter only for purposes of sections 12732(a) and 12733(3) of this title.
(6) A member is not entitled to any retroactive award of, or increase in, pay or allowances under title 37 by reason of an award of service credit under paragraph (1).
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**(a)** Except as provided in subsection (b), for the purpose of determining whether a person is entitled to retired pay under [section 12731 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12731&num=0&edition=prelim), the person’s years of service are computed by adding the following:
(1) The person’s years of service, before July 1, 1949, in the following:
(A) The armed forces.
(B) The federally recognized National Guard before June 15, 1933.
(C) A federally recognized status in the National Guard before June 15, 1933.
(D) The National Guard after June 14, 1933, if his service therein was continuous from the date of his enlistment in the National Guard, or his Federal recognition as an officer therein, to the date of his enlistment or appointment, as the case may be, in the National Guard of the United States, the Army National Guard of the United States, or the Air National Guard of the United States.
(E) The Navy Reserve Force.
(F) The Naval Militia that conformed to the standards prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.
(G) The National Naval Volunteers.
(H) The Army Nurse Corps, the Navy Nurse Corps, the Nurse Corps Reserve of the Army, or the Nurse Corps Reserve of the Navy, as it existed at any time after February 2, 1901.
(I) The Army under an appointment under the Act of December 22, 1942 (ch. 805, 56 Stat. 1072).
(J) An active full-time status, except as a student or apprentice, with the Medical Department of the Army as a civilian employee—
(i) in the dietetic or physical therapy categories, if the service was performed after April 6, 1917, and before April 1, 1943; or
(ii) in the occupational therapy category, if the service was performed before appointment in the Army Nurse
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For the purpose of computing the retired pay of a person under this chapter, the person’s years of service and any fraction of such a year are computed by dividing 360 into the sum of the following:
(1) The person’s days of active service.
(2) The person’s days of full-time service under sections 316, 502, 503, 504, and 505 of title 32 while performing annual training duty or while attending a prescribed course of instruction at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary concerned.
(3) One day for each point credited to the person under clause (B), (C), (D), or (F) of [section 12732(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), but not more than—
(A) 60 days in any one year of service before the year of service that includes September 23, 1996;
(B) 75 days in the year of service that includes September 23, 1996, and in any subsequent year of service before the year of service that includes October 30, 2000;
(C) 90 days in the year of service that includes October 30, 2000, and in any subsequent year of service before the year of service that includes October 30, 2007; and
(D) 130 days in the year of service that includes October 30, 2007, and in any subsequent year of service.
(4) One day for each point credited to the person under subparagraph (E) of [section 12732(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) One day for each point credited to the person under subparagraph (F) of [section 12732(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
(6) 50 days for each year before Jul
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**(a)** Subject to subsections (b) and (c), for the purpose of computing the basic pay of a member of a uniformed service, his years of service are computed by adding—
(1) all periods of active service as an officer, Army field clerk, flight officer, aviation midshipman, or enlisted member of a uniformed service;
(2) all periods during which he was enlisted or held an appointment as an officer, Army field clerk, or flight officer of—
(A) a regular component of a uniformed service;
(B) a reserve component of a uniformed service;
(C) the Space Force;
(D) the Regular Army Reserve;
(E) the National Guard;
(F) the National Guard Reserve;
(G) the Naval Militia;
(H) the National Naval Volunteers;
(I) the Navy Reserve Force;
(J) the Army without specification of component;
(K) the Air Force without specification of component;
(L) the Marine Corps Reserve Force;
(M) the Philippine Scouts; or
(N) the Philippine Constabulary;
(3) for a commissioned officer in service on June 30, 1922, all service that was then counted in computing longevity pay and all service as a contract surgeon serving full time;
(4) all periods during which he held an appointment as a nurse, reserve nurse, or commissioned officer in the Army Nurse Corps as it existed at any time before April 16, 1947, the Navy Nurse Corps as it existed at any time before April 16, 1947, or the Public Health Service, or a reserve component of any of them;
(5) all periods during which he was a deck officer or junior engineer in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(6) all periods that, under law in effect on January 10, 1962, were authorized to be credited in computing basic pay; and
(7) all periods while—
(A) on a temporary disability retired list, honorary re
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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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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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2126
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–201 applicable with re-
spect to individuals who first become members of
Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Fi-
nancial Assistance program or students of Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences on or after
Oct. 1, 1996, see section 741(c) of Pub. L. 104–201, set out
as a note under section 2114 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980,
see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note
under section 101 of this title.
SAVINGS PROVISION
For savings provision relating to payment or repay-
ment of any bonus, incentive pay, special pay, or simi-
lar pay obligated to be paid before Apr. 1, 2006, under a
provision of this section amended by section 687(c) of
Pub. L. 109–163, see section 687(f) of Pub. L. 109–163, set
out as a note under section 510 of this title.
TRANSITION PROVISIONS
Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title VII, § 741(d)(1), Sept. 23,
1996, 110 Stat. 2600, provided that: ‘‘In the case of any
member of the Armed Forces Health Professions Schol-
arship and Financial Assistance program who, as of Oc-
tober 1, 1996, is serving an active duty obligation under
the program or is incurring an active duty obligation
as a participant in the program, and who is subse-
quently relieved of the active duty obligation before
the completion of the obligation, the alternative obli-
gations authorized by the amendment made by sub-
section (a) [amending this section] may be used by the
Secretary of the military department concerned with
the agreement of the member.’’
§ 2124. Members of the program: numbers ap-
pointed
(a) AUTHORIZED NU
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