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10 U.S.C. § 664 — Length of joint duty assignments
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**(a) General Rule.—** The length of a joint duty assignment shall be not less than two years.
**(b) Waiver Authority.—** The Secretary of Defense may waive subsection (a) in the case of any officer.
**(c) Exclusions From Tour Length.—** The Secretary of Defense may exclude the following service from the requirement in subsection (a):
(1) Service in a joint duty assignment in which the full tour of duty in the assignment is not completed by the officer because of—
(A) retirement;
(B) release from active duty;
(C) suspension from duty under section 155(f)(2) or 164(g) of this title; or
(D) a qualifying reassignment from a joint duty assignment as prescribed by the Secretary of Defense in regulations.
(2) Service in a joint duty assignment in a case in which the officer’s tour of duty in that assignment brings the officer’s accrued service for purposes of subsection (d)(2) to the requirement in subsection (a).
**(d) Full Tour of Duty.—** An officer shall be considered to have completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment upon completion of any of the following:
(1) A joint duty assignment that meets the requirement in subsection (a).
(2) Accrued joint experience in joint duty assignments as described in subsection (e).
(3) A joint duty assignment with respect to which the Secretary of Defense has granted a waiver under subsection (b), but only in a case in which the Secretary determines that the service completed by that officer in that duty assignment shall be considered to be a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment.
(4) A second and subsequent joint duty assignment that is less than the period required under subsection (a).
**(e) Accrued Joint Experience.—** For the purposes of subsection (d)(2), the Secretary of Defense may presc
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**(a) General Rule.—** The length of a joint duty assignment shall be not less than two years.
**(b) Waiver Authority.—** The Secretary of Defense may waive subsection (a) in the case of any officer.
**(c) Exclusions From Tour Length.—** The Secretary of Defense may exclude the following service from the requirement in subsection (a):
(1) Service in a joint duty assignment in which the full tour of duty in the assignment is not completed by the officer because of—
(A) retirement;
(B) release from active duty;
(C) suspension from duty under section 155(f)(2) or 164(g) of this title; or
(D) a qualifying reassignment from a joint duty assignment as prescribed by the Secretary of Defense in regulations.
(2) Service in a joint duty assignment in a case in which the officer’s tour of duty in that assignment brings the officer’s accrued service for purposes of subsection (d)(2) to the requirement in subsection (a).
**(d) Full Tour of Duty.—** An officer shall be considered to have completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment upon completion of any of the following:
(1) A joint duty assignment that meets the requirement in subsection (a).
(2) Accrued joint experience in joint duty assignments as described in subsection (e).
(3) A joint duty assignment with respect to which the Secretary of Defense has granted a waiver under subsection (b), but only in a case in which the Secretary determines that the service completed by that officer in that duty assignment shall be considered to be a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment.
(4) A second and subsequent joint duty assignment that is less than the period required under subsection (a).
**(e) Accrued Joint Experience.—** For the purposes of subsection (d)(2), the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, by regulation, certain joint experience, such as temporary duty in joint assignments, joint individual training, and participation in joint exercises, that may be aggregated to equal a full tour of duty. The Secretary shall prescribe the regulations with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
**(f) Constructive Credit.—** The Secretary of Defense may award constructive credit in the case of an officer (other than a general or flag officer) who, for reasons of military necessity, is reassigned from a joint duty assignment within 60 days of meeting the tour length criteria prescribed in subsection (d)(1). The amount of constructive service that may be credited to such officer shall be the amount sufficient for the completion of the applicable tour of duty requirement, but in no case more than 60 days.
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**(a) Joint Matters.—**
(1) In this chapter, the term “joint matters” means matters related to any of the following:
(A) The development or achievement of strategic objectives through the synchronization, coordination, and organization of integrated forces in operations conducted across domains, such as land, sea, or air, in space, or in the information environment, including matters relating to any of the following:
(i) National military strategy.
(ii) Strategic planning and contingency planning.
(iii) Command and control, intelligence, fires, movement and maneuver, protection or sustainment of operations under unified command.
(iv) National security planning with other departments and agencies of the United States.
(v) Combined operations with military forces of allied nations.
(B) Acquisition matters conducted by members of the armed forces and covered under chapter 87 of this title involved in developing, testing, contracting, producing, or fielding of multi-service programs or systems.
(C) Other matters designated in regulation by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(2) In the context of joint matters, the term “integrated forces” refers to military forces that are involved in achieving unified action with participants from—
(A) more than one military department; or
(B) a military department and one or more of the following:
(i) Other departments and agencies of the United States.
(ii) The military forces or agencies of other countries.
(iii) Non-governmental persons or entities.
**(b) Joint Duty Assignment.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall by regulation define the term “joint duty assignment” for the purposes of this chapter. That definition—
(A)
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Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 112–81, § 503(a)(2), substituted
‘‘the assignment’’ for ‘‘the joint duty assignment’’ and
‘‘such an assignment’’ for ‘‘a joint duty assignment’’.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 112–81, § 2861(c), substituted
‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security
and Resource Strategy’’ for ‘‘Industrial College of the
Armed Forces’’.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–81, § 503(b), added subsec. (d).
2008—Subsecs. (a), (b)(1). Pub. L. 110–417, in subsec.
(a), substituted ‘‘Qualified’’ for ‘‘Specialty’’ in heading
and ‘‘designated as a joint qualified officer’’ for ‘‘with
the joint specialty’’ in text, and, in subsec. (b)(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘are not designated as a joint qualified offi-
cer’’ for ‘‘do not have the joint specialty’’.
2006—Subsecs. (a), (b)(1). Pub. L. 109–364, § 518(a)(1),
(2)(A), substituted ‘‘a school within the National De-
fense University specified in subsection (c)’’ for ‘‘a
joint professional military education school’’.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 109–364, § 518(a)(2)(B), sub-
stituted ‘‘a school referred to in paragraph (1)’’ for ‘‘a
joint professional military education school’’.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–364, § 518(b), added subsec. (c).
2004—Pub. L. 108–375, § 532(c)(2)(A), substituted ‘‘Joint
duty assignments after completion of joint professional
military education’’ for ‘‘Education’’ in section catch-
line.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–375, § 532(c)(1)(A), (B), redesig-
nated subsec. (d)(1) as (a), inserted heading, and struck
out heading and text of former subsec. (a) which related
to capstone course for new general and flag officers.
See section 2153 of this title.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–375, § 532(c)(1)(C)–(F), redesig-
nated subsec. (d)(2)(A) as (b)(1) and substituted ‘‘in
parag
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