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10 U.S.C. § 20301 — Original enlistments: qualifications; grade

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10 U.S.C. § 20301 — Original enlistments: qualifications; grade

**(a) Original Enlistments.—** (1) **Authority to accept.—** — The Secretary of the Air Force may accept original enlistments in the Space Force of qualified, effective, and able-bodied persons. (2) **Age.—** — A person accepted for original enlistment shall be not less than seventeen years of age. However, no person under eighteen years of age may be originally enlisted without the written consent of the person’s parent or guardian, if the person has a parent or guardian entitled to the person’s custody and control. **(b) Grade.—** A person is enlisted in the Space Force in the grade prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force.

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10 U.S.C. § 513 — Enlistments: Delayed Entry Program

**(a)** A person with no prior military service who is qualified under [section 505 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section505&num=0&edition=prelim) and applicable regulations for enlistment in a regular component of an armed force, or who is qualified under [section 20301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20301&num=0&edition=prelim) and applicable regulations for enlistment in the Space Force, may (except as provided in subsection (c)) be enlisted as a Reserve for service in the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve, or be enlisted as a member of the Space Force, for a term of not less than six years nor more than eight years. **(b)** (1) Unless sooner ordered to active duty under chapter 39 of this title or another provision of law, a person enlisted under subsection (a) shall, within 365 days after such enlistment, be discharged from the reserve component in which enlisted and immediately be enlisted in the regular component of an armed force. (2) The Secretary concerned may extend the 365-day period described in paragraph (1) for any person for up to an additional 365 days if the Secretary determines that it is in the best interests of the armed force of which that person is a member to do so. (3) (A) The Secretary concerned may extend by up to an additional 365 days the period of extension under paragraph (2) for a person who enlisted before October 1, 2017, under [section 504(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section504/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim) if the Secretary determines that the period of extension under this paragraph is required for the

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10 U.S.C. § 20301 — Untitled legal text

Page 3821 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 20301 ficer by a special selection board under this sec- tion. (2) If a court finds that the action of a special selection board which considers an officer or former officer was contrary to law or involved material error of fact or material administra- tive error, it shall remand the case to the Sec- retary, who shall provide the officer or former officer reconsideration by a new special selec- tion board. (j) DESIGNATION OF BOARDS.—The Secretary of the Air Force may designate a promotion board convened under section 20201(a) of this title as a special selection board convened under this sec- tion. (Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1716(c), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 650, § 20251; renumbered § 20252 and amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 521(v), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1883.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2024—Pub. L. 118–159, § 521(v)(2), renumbered the sec- ond section 20251 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 118–159, § 521(v)(1)(A)(i), sub- stituted ‘‘(1)’’ for ‘‘((1)’’ and ‘‘such’’ for ‘‘sch’’. Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 118–159, § 521(v)(1)(A)(ii), sub- stituted ‘‘an officer’’ for ‘‘a officer’’. Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 118–159, § 521(v)(1)(B), sub- stituted ‘‘which an officer’’ for ‘‘which of officer’’. § 20252a. Special selection review boards: ref- erence Section 628a of this title, relating to the con- vening of a special selection review board when credible information of an adverse nature was not furnished to a promotion board, applies with respect to persons recommended by a selection board for promotion to a grade at or below the grade of major general in the Space Force. (Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1716(c), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 653.) § 20253.

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