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10 U.S.C. § 7446 — Cadets: requirements for admission
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**(a)** To be eligible for admission to the Academy a candidate must be at least 17 years of age and must not have passed his twenty-third birthday on July 1 of the year in which he enters the Academy.
**(b)** To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must show, by an examination held under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, that he is qualified in the subjects prescribed by the Secretary.
**(c)** A candidate designated as a principal or an alternate for appointment as a cadet shall appear for physical examination at a time and place designated by the Secretary.
**(d)** To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must take and subscribe to the following oath—“I, ____________, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and bear true allegiance to the National Government; that I will maintain and defend the sovereignty of the United States, paramount to any and all allegiance, sovereignty, or fealty I may owe to any State or country whatsoever; and that I will at all times obey the legal orders of my superior officers, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.” If a candidate for admission refuses to take this oath, his appointment is terminated.
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**(a)** To be eligible for admission to the Academy a candidate must be at least 17 years of age and must not have passed his twenty-third birthday on July 1 of the year in which he enters the Academy.
**(b)** To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must show, by an examination held under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, that he is qualified in the subjects prescribed by the Secretary.
**(c)** A candidate designated as a principal or an alternate for appointment as a cadet shall appear for physical examination at a time and place designated by the Secretary.
**(d)** To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must take and subscribe to the following oath—“I, ____________, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and bear true allegiance to the National Government; that I will maintain and defend the sovereignty of the United States, paramount to any and all allegiance, sovereignty, or fealty I may owe to any State or country whatsoever; and that I will at all times obey the legal orders of my superior officers, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.” If a candidate for admission refuses to take this oath, his appointment is terminated.
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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) 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)** Each candidate for admission to the Naval Academy—
(1) must be at least 17 years of age and must not have passed his twenty-third birthday on July 1 of the calendar year in which he enters the Academy; and
(2) shall be examined according to such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes, and if rejected at one examination may not be examined again for admission to the same class unless recommended by the Academic Board.
**(b)** Each candidate for admission nominated under clauses (3) through (9) of [section 8454(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section8454/a&num=0&edition=prelim) must be domiciled in the State, or in the congressional district, from which he is nominated, or in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, if nominated from one of those places.
**(c)** Each candidate nominated under clause (2) or (3) of [section 8454(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section8454/b&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) must be a citizen of the United States;
(2) must have passed the required physical examination; and
(3) shall be appointed in the order of merit from candidates who have, in competition with each other, passed the required mental examination.
**(d)** To be admitted to the Naval Academy, an appointee must take and subscribe to an oath prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. If a candidate for admission refuses to take and subscribe to the prescribed oath, the candidate’s appointment is terminated.
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**(a)** To be eligible for admission to the Academy a candidate must be at least 17 years of age and must not have passed his twenty-third birthday on July 1 of the year in which he enters the Academy.
**(b)** To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must show, by an examination held under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, that he is qualified in the subjects prescribed by the Secretary.
**(c)** A candidate designated as a principal or an alternate for appointment as a cadet shall appear for physical examination at a time and place designated by the Secretary.
**(d)** To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must take and subscribe to an oath prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force. If a candidate for admission refuses to take and subscribe to the prescribed oath, his appointment is terminated.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 7446
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted ‘‘paragraphs
(2) through (8) of section 7442(a)’’ for ‘‘paragraphs (2)
through (8) of section 4342(a)’’.
Pub. L. 115–232, § 808(c)(1), renumbered section 4343 of
this title as this section.
2013—Pub. L. 112–239 substituted ‘‘paragraphs’’ for
‘‘clauses’’.
1991—Pub. L. 102–25 substituted ‘‘clauses (2) through
(8)’’ for ‘‘clauses (2)–(9)’’.
1973—Pub. L. 93–171 substituted ‘‘clauses (2)–(9) of sec-
tion 4342(a)’’ for ‘‘clauses (2)–(8) of section 4342(a)’’.
1964—Pub. L. 88–276, among other changes, increased
the percentage of nominees to be selected from two-
thirds to three-fourths, and struck out ‘‘as are nec-
essary to meet the needs of the Army and Air Force,
but not more than the authorized strength of the Corps
of Cadets’’ after ‘‘Academic Board’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019,
with provision for the coordination of amendments and
special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800
of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section
3001 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT
Effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 93–171, see
section 4 of Pub. L. 93–171, set out as a note under sec-
tion 7442 of this title.
NUMBER
OF
ALTERNATE-APPOINTEES
FROM
CONGRES-
SIONAL SOURCES NOT TO BE REDUCED BECAUSE
OF
ADDITIONAL PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS
Pub. L. 89–650, § 2, Oct. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 896, as amend-
ed by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(b)(7), Aug.
13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1840, provided that: ‘‘Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, none of the additional ap-
pointments authorized in sections 7442(b)(1), 8454(b),
and
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