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10 U.S.C. § 9132 — Regular Air Force and Space Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments
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In accepting persons for original enlistment in the Regular Air Force or the Space Force, the Secretary of the Air Force may not—
(1) set a minimum or maximum percentage of persons who may be accepted for such an enlistment according to gender for skill categories or jobs; or
(2) in any other way base the acceptance of a person for such an enlistment on gender.
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In accepting persons for original enlistment in the Regular Air Force or the Space Force, the Secretary of the Air Force may not—
(1) set a minimum or maximum percentage of persons who may be accepted for such an enlistment according to gender for skill categories or jobs; or
(2) in any other way base the acceptance of a person for such an enlistment on gender.
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**(a) Authority for Admission.—** The Secretary of the Navy may permit eligible defense industry employees to receive instruction at the Naval Postgraduate School in accordance with this section. Any such defense industry employee may only be enrolled in, and may only be provided instruction in, a program leading to a master’s degree or professional continuing education certificate in a curriculum related to defense product development and systems engineering. No more than 125 such defense industry employees may be enrolled at any one time. Upon successful completion of the course of instruction in which enrolled, any such defense industry employee may be awarded an appropriate degree under [section 8548 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section8548&num=0&edition=prelim) or an appropriate professional continuing education certificate, as applicable.
**(b) Eligible Defense Industry Employees.—** For purposes of this section, an eligible defense industry employee is an individual employed by a private firm that is engaged in providing to the Department of Defense significant and substantial defense-related systems, products, or services. A defense industry employee admitted for instruction at the school remains eligible for such instruction only so long as that person remains employed by the same firm.
**(c) Annual Determination by the Secretary of the Navy.—** Defense industry employees may receive instruction at the school during any academic year only if, before the start of that academic year, the Secretary of the Navy determines that providing instruction to defense industry employees under this section during that year—
(1) will further the military mission of the school;
(2) will enhance the ability of the Depar
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**(a)** Any former enlisted member of the Regular Air Force or the Space Force who has served on active duty as an officer of the Air Force or the Space Force, or who was discharged as an enlisted member to accept an appointment as an officer of the Air Force or the Space Force, is entitled to be reenlisted in the Regular Air Force or the Space Force in the enlisted grade that he held before his service as an officer, without loss of seniority or credit for service, regardless of the existence of a vacancy in his grade or of a physical disability incurred or having its inception in line of duty, if (1) his service as an officer is terminated by an honorable discharge or he is relieved from active duty for a purpose other than to await appellate review of a sentence that includes dismissal or dishonorable discharge, and (2) he applies for reenlistment within six months (or such other period as the Secretary of the Air Force prescribes for exceptional circumstances) after termination of that service.
**(b)** A person is not entitled to be reenlisted under this section if—
(1) the person was discharged or released from active duty as an officer on the basis of a determination of—
(A) misconduct;
(B) moral or professional dereliction;
(C) duty performance below prescribed standards for the grade held; or
(D) retention being inconsistent with the interests of national security; or
(2) the person’s former enlisted status and grade was based solely on the participation by that person in a precommissioning program that resulted in the commission held by that person during the active duty from which the person was released or discharged.
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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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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 9132
CHAPTER 913—ENLISTMENTS
Sec.
9131.
Definition.
9132.
Regular Air Force and Space Force: gender-
free basis for acceptance of original enlist-
ments.
9137.
Regular Air Force: aviation cadets; qualifica-
tions, grade, limitations.
9138.
Regular Air Force and Space Force: reenlist-
ment after service as an officer.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2023—Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1721(a)(1)(B),
(2)(B), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 665, struck out ‘‘Regular’’
before ‘‘Space Force:’’ in items 9132 and 9138. Amend-
ments were made pursuant to operation of section 102
of this title.
2021—Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(34), Dec.
27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1921, which directed conforming this
analysis to the redesignation of section 9132 relating to
Regular Air Force and Regular Space Force: reenlist-
ment after service as an officer as section 9138, could
not be executed because item 9138, as added by section
923(c)(1)(C) of Pub. L. 116–283, already related to Reg-
ular Air Force and Regular Space Force: reenlistment
after service as an officer. See below.
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(1)(C), (2)(C),
Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3810, added items 9132 and 9138 and
struck out former items 9132 ‘‘Regular Air Force: gen-
der-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments’’
and 9138 ‘‘Regular Air Force: reenlistment after service
as an officer’’.
2018—Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(d)(3)(A),
(e)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833, redesignated chapter
833 of this title as this chapter and items 8251, 8252,
8257, and 8258 as 9131, 9132, 9137, and 9138, respectively.
2006—Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 542(b)(2), Jan. 6,
2006, 119 Stat. 3253, struck out item 8253 ‘‘Air Force:
pers
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