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10 U.S.C. § 8921 — Unauthorized use of Marine Corps insignia
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**(a)** The seal, emblem, and initials of the United States Marine Corps shall be deemed to be insignia of the United States.
**(b)** No person may, except with the written permission of the Secretary of the Navy, use or imitate the seal, emblem, name, or initials of the United States Marine Corps in connection with any promotion, goods, services, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably tending to suggest that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Marine Corps or any other component of the Department of Defense.
**(c)** Whenever it appears to the Attorney General of the United States that any person is engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by subsection (b), the Attorney General may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. Such court may, at any time before final determination, enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such other action as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United States or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the action is brought.
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**(a)** The seal, emblem, and initials of the United States Marine Corps shall be deemed to be insignia of the United States.
**(b)** No person may, except with the written permission of the Secretary of the Navy, use or imitate the seal, emblem, name, or initials of the United States Marine Corps in connection with any promotion, goods, services, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably tending to suggest that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Marine Corps or any other component of the Department of Defense.
**(c)** Whenever it appears to the Attorney General of the United States that any person is engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by subsection (b), the Attorney General may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. Such court may, at any time before final determination, enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such other action as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United States or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the action is brought.
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When settling the account of a paymaster of a lost or captured naval vessel, the Comptroller General in settling money accounts, and the Secretary of the Navy in settling property accounts, shall credit the account of the paymaster for the amount of provisions, clothing, small stores, and money for which the paymaster is charged that the Comptroller General or Secretary believes was lost inevitably because of the loss or capture. The paymaster is then free of liability for the provisions, clothing, small stores, and money.
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A member of the Air Force or the Space Force retired under this chapter is entitled to retired pay computed under chapter 945 of this title.
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**(a) In General.—** For the purposes of the computation of the years of service of a member of the armed forces under a provision of this title providing for such computation to be made under this section, the years of service of the member are computed by adding—
(1) his years of active service;
(2) the years of service, not included in clause (1), with which he was entitled to be credited on May 31, 1958, in computing his basic pay; and
(3) the years of service, not included in clause (1) or (2), with which he would be entitled to be credited under [section 12733 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12733&num=0&edition=prelim) if he were 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).
**(b) Fractional Years of Service.—** In determining a member’s years of service under subsection (a)—
(1) each full month of service that is in addition to the number of full years of service creditable to the member shall be credited as 1⁄12 of a year; and
(2) any remaining fractional part of a month shall be disregarded.
**(c) Exclusion of Time Required To Be Made Up or Excluded.—**
(1) Time required to be made up by an enlisted member of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force under [section 972(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section972/a&num=0&edition=prelim), or required to be made up by an enlisted member of the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard under that section with respect to a period of time after October 5, 1994, may not be counted in determining years of service under subsection (a).
(2) [Section 972(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/v
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Major Generals and Rear Admirals Serving in Grade.—**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps who holds the regular grade of major general, and each officer of the Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of rear admiral, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the first month beginning after the date of the fifth anniversary of his appointment to that grade or on the first day of the month after the month in which he completes 35 years of active commissioned service, whichever is later.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of major general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired as specified in paragraph (1).
**(b) Lieutenant Generals and Vice Admirals.—** In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 38 years.
**(c) Generals and Admirals.—** In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of general or admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 40 years.
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**(a)** Except as otherwise specifically provided by this title or other statute, retirement authorized by statute is effective on the first day of the month following the month in which retirement would otherwise be effective.
**(b)** Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the rate of active or retired pay or allowance is computed as of the date retirement would have occurred but for subsection (a) of this section.
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**(a) Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.—** Except as provided under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps who holds the regular grade of brigadier general, and each officer of the Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of rear admiral (lower half), who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the regular grade of major general or rear admiral, respectively, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the first month beginning after the date of the fifth anniversary of his appointment to that grade or on the first day of the month after the month in which he completes 30 years of active commissioned service, whichever is later.
**(b) Space Force.—** Except as provided under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of brigadier general who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of major general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired as specified in subsection (a).
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**(a) Mandatory Retirement.—** Upon the termination of the detail of an officer to the position of Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy, the Secretary of the Air Force shall retire the officer under any provision of this chapter under which the officer is eligible to retire.
**(b) Waiver Authority.—** The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement in subsection (a) for good cause. In each case in which such a waiver is granted for an officer, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a written notification of the waiver, with a statement of the reasons supporting the decision that the officer not retire, and a written notification of the intent of the President to nominate the officer for reassignment. In the event a waiver under this subsection is granted, the subsequent nomination and appointment of such officer having served as Superintendent of the Academy to a further assignment in lieu of retirement shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 8921
because of the restatement. The words ‘‘when presented
with’’ are substituted for ‘‘upon’’ for clarity. The words
‘‘by whose order such disbursement or disposal was
made’’ are omitted as surplus.
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 8913, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A
Stat. 549; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86–616, § 9, 74 Stat. 395;
Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–718, § 3, 80 Stat. 1115, provided for
retirement of deferred officers not recommended for
promotion after twenty years or more of service, except
as provided in section 8301 of Title 5, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 217(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat.
2886, effective Sept. 15, 1981. See section 627 et seq. of
this title.
A prior section 8914 was renumbered section 9314 of
this title.
Prior sections 8915 and 8916 were repealed by Pub. L.
96–513, title II, § 217(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2886, effec-
tive Sept. 15, 1981.
Section 8915, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 550;
Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(18), 71 Stat.
389; Sept. 30, 1966, Pub. L. 89–609, § 1(31), 80 Stat. 854;
Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–718, § 3, 80 Stat. 1115; Nov. 8, 1967,
Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(32)(A), 89 Stat. 382, authorized the
Secretary of the Air Force to defer the retirement of
any Air Force nurse or medical specialist in the regular
grade of major until the 30th day after the officer com-
pletes 28 years of service. See section 632 of this title.
Section 8916, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 550;
Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(19), 71 Stat.
389, provided for retirement of a promotion-list lieuten-
ant colonel, except as provided by section 8301 of title
5, on the 30th day after he completes 28 years of servic
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