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10 U.S.C. § 515 — Reenlistment after discharge as warrant officer
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A person who has been discharged from a regular component of an armed force under section 1165 or 1166 of this title may, upon his request and in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be enlisted in that armed force in the grade prescribed by the Secretary. However, a person discharged under [section 1165 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1165&num=0&edition=prelim) may not be enlisted in a grade lower than the grade that he held immediately before appointment as a warrant officer.
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A person who has been discharged from a regular component of an armed force under section 1165 or 1166 of this title may, upon his request and in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be enlisted in that armed force in the grade prescribed by the Secretary. However, a person discharged under [section 1165 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1165&num=0&edition=prelim) may not be enlisted in a grade lower than the grade that he held immediately before appointment as a warrant officer.
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The Secretary concerned may terminate the regular appointment of any permanent regular warrant officer at any time within three years after the date when the officer accepted his original permanent appointment as a warrant officer in that component. A warrant officer who is separated under this section is entitled, if eligible therefor, to separation pay under section 1174 or he may be enlisted under [section 515 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section515&num=0&edition=prelim). If such a warrant officer is enlisted under [section 515 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section515&num=0&edition=prelim), he is not entitled to separation pay.
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**(a)** Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, and subject to the recommendations of a board of officers or a selection board under [section 576 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section576&num=0&edition=prelim), a permanent regular warrant officer who is eligible for retirement under any provision of law shall be retired under that law if his records and reports establish his unfitness or unsatisfactory performance of duty. If he is not eligible for retirement under any provision of law, but since the date when he accepted his original permanent appointment as a regular warrant officer he has at least three years of active service that could be credited to him under section 511 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended (70 Stat. 114), he shall, if eligible therefor, be separated with separation pay under [section 1174 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1174&num=0&edition=prelim) or severance pay under section 286a 11 See References in Text note below. of title 14, as appropriate. However, instead of being paid separation pay or severance pay he may be enlisted under [section 515 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section515&num=0&edition=prelim). If he does not have three years of such service, he shall be separated under [section 1165 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1165&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** The Secretary concerned may defer, for not more than four months, the retirement or separation under subsection (a) of any warrant officer if, because of unavoidable circumstances, evaluation of his physical condition and det
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 515
‘‘may’’ is substituted for the words ‘‘shall be permitted
or allowed’’. The last sentence is substituted for 50
App.:458 (words between 1st and last semicolons). 50
App.:458 (words after last semicolon) is omitted as ap-
plicable only to induction.
§ 515. Reenlistment after discharge as warrant
officer
A person who has been discharged from a reg-
ular component of an armed force under section
1165 or 1166 of this title may, upon his request
and in the discretion of the Secretary con-
cerned, be enlisted in that armed force in the
grade prescribed by the Secretary. However, a
person discharged under section 1165 of this title
may not be enlisted in a grade lower than the
grade that he held immediately before appoint-
ment as a warrant officer.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 19.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
515 ..........
10:600d (last 36 words of
last sentence).
34:135d (last 36 words of
last sentence).
10:600m (last 21 words of
3d sentence).
34:430a (last 21 words of
3d sentence).
May 29, 1954, ch. 249, §§ 6
(last 36 words of last
sentence), 15 (last 21
words of 3d sentence),
68 Stat. 159, 164.
The first 20 words are inserted for clarity. The word
‘‘request’’ is substituted for the word ‘‘application’’.
§ 516. Effect upon enlisted status of acceptance of
appointment as cadet or midshipman
(a) The enlistment or period of obligated serv-
ice of an enlisted member of the armed forces
who accepts an appointment as a cadet at the
United States Military Academy, the United
States Air Force Academy, or the United States
Coast Guard Academy, or as a midshipman at
the United States Naval Academy or in the
Navy Reserve, may not be term
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