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10 U.S.C. § 937 — Art. 137. Articles to be explained

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10 U.S.C. § 937 — Art. 137. Articles to be explained

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**(a) Enlisted Members.—** (1) The sections (articles) of this chapter specified in paragraph (3) shall be carefully explained to each enlisted member at the time of (or within fourteen days after)— (A) the member’s initial entrance on active duty; (B) the member’s initial entrance into a duty status with a reserve component; or (C) the member’s initial entrance on active duty or into a space force active status. (2) Such sections (articles) shall be explained again— (A) after the member has completed six months of active duty or, in the case of a member of a reserve component, after the member has completed basic or recruit training; (B) after a member of the Space Force has completed six months of sustained duty or in the case of a member not on sustained duty, after the member has completed basic or recruit training; and (C) at the time when the member reenlists. (3) This subsection applies with respect to sections 802, 803, 807–815, 825, 827, 831, 837, 838, 855, 877–934, and 937–939 of this title (articles 2, 3, 7–15, 25, 27, 31, 37, 38, 55, 77–134, and 137–139). **(b) Officers.—** (1) The sections (articles) of this chapter specified in paragraph (2) shall be carefully explained to each officer at the time of (or within six months after)— (A) the initial entrance of the officer on active duty as an officer; or (B) the initial commissioning of the officer in a reserve component or the Space Force. (2) This subsection applies with respect to the sections (articles) specified in subsection (a)(3) and such other sections (articles) as the Secretary concerned may prescribe by regulation. **(c) Training for Certain Officers.—** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, officers with the authority to convene courts-martial or to impose non-judicial punishment shall receive periodic training regarding the purposes and administration of this chapter. Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, officers assigned to duty in a joint command or a combatant command, who have such authority, shall receive additional specialized training regarding the purposes and administration of this chapter with respect to joint commands and the combatant commands. **(d) Availability and Maintenance of Text.—** The text of this chapter and the text of the regulations prescribed by the President under this chapter shall be— (1) made available to a member on active duty, to a member of a reserve component, or to a member of the Space Force, upon request by the member, for the member’s personal examination; and (2) maintained by the Secretary of Defense in electronic formats that are updated periodically and made available on the Internet.

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10 U.S.C. § 973 — Duties: officers on active duty; performance of civil functions restricted

**(a)** No officer of an armed force on active duty may accept employment if that employment requires him to be separated from his organization, branch, or unit, or interferes with the performance of his military duties. **(b)** (1) This subsection applies— (A) to a regular officer of an armed force on the active-duty list (and a regular officer of the Coast Guard on the active duty promotion list); (B) to a retired regular officer of an armed force serving on active duty under a call or order to active duty for a period in excess of 270 days; (C) to a reserve officer of an armed force serving on active duty under a call or order to active duty for a period in excess of 270 days; and (D) to an officer on the Space Force officer list serving on active duty under [section 20105(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20105/b&num=0&edition=prelim) or under a call or order to active duty for a period in excess of 270 days. (2) (A) Except as otherwise authorized by law, an officer to whom this subsection applies may not hold, or exercise the functions of, a civil office in the Government of the United States— (i) that is an elective office; (ii) that requires an appointment by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; or (iii) that is a position in the Executive Schedule under sections 5312 through 5317 of title 5. (B) An officer to whom this subsection applies may hold or exercise the functions of a civil office in the Government of the United States that is not described in subparagraph (A) when assigned or detailed to that office or to perform those functions. (3) Except as otherwise authorized by law, an officer to whom this subsection applies by reason of sub

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10 U.S.C. § 802 — Art. 2. Persons subject to this chapter

**(a)** The following persons are subject to this chapter: (1) Members of a regular component of the armed forces, and members of the Space Force on active duty under [section 20105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20105&num=0&edition=prelim), including those awaiting discharge after expiration of their terms of enlistment; volunteers from the time of their muster or acceptance into the armed forces; inductees from the time of their actual induction into the armed forces; and other persons lawfully called or ordered into, or to duty in or for training in, the armed forces, from the dates when they are required by the terms of the call or order to obey it. (2) Cadets, aviation cadets, and midshipmen. (3) (A) While on inactive-duty training and during any of the periods specified in subparagraph (B)— (i) members of a reserve component or the Space Force; and (ii) members of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States, but only when in Federal service. (B) The periods referred to in subparagraph (A) are the following: (i) Travel to and from the inactive-duty training site of the member, pursuant to orders or regulations. (ii) Intervals between consecutive periods of inactive-duty training on the same day, pursuant to orders or regulations. (iii) Intervals between inactive-duty training on consecutive days, pursuant to orders or regulations. (4) Retired members of a regular component of the armed forces who are entitled to pay. (5) Retired members of a reserve component, or retired members of the Space Force who qualified for a non-regular retirement and are receiving retired pay, who are receiving hospitalization from an armed force.

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10 U.S.C. § 801 — Article 1. Definitions

In this chapter (the Uniform Code of Military Justice): (1) The term “Judge Advocate General” means, severally, the Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and, except when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, an official designated to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard by the Secretary of Homeland Security. (2) The Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy, shall be considered as one armed force. (3) The term “commanding officer” includes only commissioned officers. (4) The term “officer in charge” means a member of the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard designated as such by appropriate authority. (5) The term “superior commissioned officer” means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command. (6) The term “cadet” means a cadet of the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy. (7) The term “midshipman” means a midshipman of the United States Naval Academy and any other midshipman on active duty in the naval service. (8) The term “military” refers to any or all of the armed forces. (9) The term “accuser” means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any other person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused. (10) The term “military judge” means a judge advocate designated under [section 826(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section826/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 26(c)) who is detailed under section 826(a) or [section 830a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-

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50 U.S.C. § 731 to 739 — Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641

### Statutory Notes Section 731, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 143, related to courts of inquiry. See [section 935 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section935&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces. Section 732, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 143, related to authority to administer oaths and to act as notary. See [section 936 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section936&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 733, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 144, required reading and explanation of certain sections of this chapter. See [section 937 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section937&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 734, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 144, related to complaints of wrongs. See [section 938 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section938&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 735, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 144, related to redress of injuries to property. See [section 939 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section939&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 736, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 145, authorized President to delegate his authority. See [section 940 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section940&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 737, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 8, 64 Stat. 146, provided for oath of enlistment. See [section 502 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section502&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 738, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 9, 64 Stat. 146, provided for removal of suits. See [sectio

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10 U.S.C. § 937 — Art. 137. Articles to be explained

Page 839 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 937 Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–328, § 541(a), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: ‘‘The judges of the United States Court of Ap- peals for the Armed Forces may administer the oaths authorized by subsections (a) and (b).’’ 2008—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–181 added subsec. (c). 1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–510, § 551(b)(1), struck out ‘‘, and have the general powers of a notary public and of a consul of the United States, in the perform- ance of all notarial acts to be executed by members of any of the armed forces, wherever they may be, by per- sons serving with, employed by, or accompanying the armed forces outside the United States and outside Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, and by other persons subject to this chapter outside of the United States’’ after ‘‘including military justice’’ in in- troductory provisions. Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 101–510, § 551(b)(2), struck out subsecs. (c) and (d) which read as follows: ‘‘(c) No fee may be paid to or received by any person for the performance of any notarial act herein author- ized. ‘‘(d) The signature without seal of any such person acting as notary, together with the title of his office, is prima facie evidence of his authority.’’ 1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–456 struck out ‘‘the Canal Zone,’’ before ‘‘Puerto Rico,’’. 1986—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 99–661 inserted ‘‘or per- forming inactive-duty training’’ after ‘‘active duty’’. 1983—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98–209, § 2(f)(1), struck out ‘‘of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps’’ after ‘‘All judge advocates’’. Subsec. (a)(2) to (7). Pub. L. 98–209, § 2(f)(2), struck out par. (2) which included law specialists among those per- sons authorized to administ

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