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10 U.S.C. § 9342 — Higher grade for service in special positions
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Upon retirement, any permanent professor of the United States Air Force Academy whose grade is below brigadier general, and whose service as such a professor has been long and distinguished, may, in the discretion of the President, be retired in the grade of brigadier general.
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Upon retirement, any permanent professor of the United States Air Force Academy whose grade is below brigadier general, and whose service as such a professor has been long and distinguished, may, in the discretion of the President, be retired in the grade of brigadier general.
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Upon retirement, any permanent professor of the United States Military Academy whose grade is below brigadier general, and whose service as such a professor has been long and distinguished, may, in the discretion of the President, be retired in the grade of brigadier general.
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**(a)** The authorized strength of cadets of the Academy (determined for any year as of the day before the last day of the academic year) is 4,400 or such lower number as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (j). Subject to that limitation, cadets are selected as follows:
(1) 65 cadets selected in order of merit as established by competitive examination from the children of members of the armed forces who were killed in action or died of, or have a service-connected disability rated at not less than 100 per centum resulting from wounds or injuries received or diseases contracted in, or preexisting injury or disease aggravated by, active service, children of members who are in a “missing status” as defined in [section 551(2) of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section551/2&num=0&edition=prelim), and children of civilian employees who are in “missing status” as defined in [section 5561(5) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5561/5&num=0&edition=prelim). The determination of the Department of Veterans Affairs as to service connection of the cause of death or disability, and the percentage at which the disability is rated, is binding upon the Secretary of the Air Force.
(2) Five cadets nominated at large by the Vice President or, if there is no Vice President, by the President pro tempore of the Senate.
(3) Ten cadets from each State, five of whom are nominated by each Senator from that State.
(4) Five cadets from each congressional district, nominated by the Representative from the district.
(5) Five cadets from the District of Columbia, nominated by the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia.
(6) Four cadets
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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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There are in the executive part of the Department of the Navy the following bureaus:
(1) Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
(2) Bureau of Naval Personnel.
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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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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 9342
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Prior sections 9341 and 9341a were renumbered sec-
tions 9441 and 9441a of this title, respectively.
AMENDMENTS
2023—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–31, § 1719A(b)(2)(A),
struck out ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’ in
pars. (1) and (2).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–31, § 1719A(b)(2)(B), struck out
‘‘or a Regular or Reserve of the Space Force’’ after
‘‘Air Force’’.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–31, § 1719A(b)(2)(C), added sub-
sec. (c).
2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 508(b)(4)(A), added
subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read
as follows: ‘‘The retired grade of a regular commis-
sioned officer of the Air Force who retires other than
for physical disability, and the retired grade of a re-
serve commissioned officer of the Air Force who retires
other than for physical disability, is determined under
section 1370 of this title.’’
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 508(b)(4)(B), inserted ‘‘or
a Regular or Reserve of the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air
Force’’ and substituted ‘‘the member’’ for ‘‘he’’ and
‘‘the member’s’’ for ‘‘his’’.
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8961 of this
title as this section.
2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–398 struck out ‘‘or for
nonregular service under chapter 1223 of this title’’ be-
fore ‘‘, is determined’’.
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–337 substituted ‘‘chapter
1223’’ for ‘‘chapter 67’’.
1980—Pub. L. 96–513 added subsec. (a), designated ex-
isting provisions as subsec. (b), and inserted ‘‘not cov-
ered by subsection (a)’’ after ‘‘a Regular or Reserve of
the Air Force’’.
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
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