10 U.S.C. § 2111 — Personnel: administrators and instructors

Page 1676 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 2111 Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 94–273, § 11(2), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 378; Pub. L. 97–375, title I, § 104(c), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1819.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1982—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–375 struck out require- ment that the Secretary of each military department report annually to Congress in April on the progress of the flight instruction program. 1976—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–273 substituted ‘‘April’’ for ‘‘January’’. 1966—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 89–718 substituted ‘‘edu- cational’’ for ‘‘education’’. § 2111. Personnel: administrators and instructors The Secretary of the military department con- cerned may detail regular or reserve members of an armed force under his jurisdiction (including retired members and members of the Fleet Re- serve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve recalled to active duty with their consent) for instruc- tional and administrative duties at educational institutions where units of the program are maintained. The Secretary of the Air Force may detail members of the Space Force in the same manner as regular and reserve members of the Air Force. (Added Pub. L. 88–647, title II, § 201(1), Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1069; amended Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(l)(3), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 674.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2023—Pub. L. 118–31 inserted at end ‘‘The Secretary of the Air Force may detail members of the Space Force in the same manner as regular and reserve members of the Air Force.’’ Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR INSTRUCTION AND SUP- PORT OF ARMY ROTC UNITS BY ARMY RESERVE AND NATIONAL GUARD Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, § 554, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2527, directed the Secretary of the Army to carry out a demonstration project in order to assess the fea- sibility and advisability of providing instruction and similar support to units of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps of the Army through members of the Army Reserve, including members of the Individual Ready Reserve, and members of the Army National Guard, at at least one institution of higher education, and to submit to Congress a report assessing the activi- ties under the project not later than Feb. 1 in each of 1998 and 1999, and provided that the Secretary’s author- ity to carry out the project would expire three years after Sept. 23, 1996. § 2111a. Support for senior military colleges (a) DETAIL OF OFFICERS TO SERVE AS COM- MANDANT OR ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF CA- DETS.—(1) Upon the request of a senior military college, the Secretary of Defense may detail an officer on the active-duty list to serve as Com- mandant of Cadets at that college or (in the case of a college with an Assistant Commandant of Cadets) detail an officer on the active-duty list to serve as Assistant Commandant of Cadets at that college (but not both). (2) In the case of an officer detailed as Com- mandant of Cadets, the officer may, upon the re- quest of the college, be assigned from among the Professor of Military Science, the Professor of Naval Science (if any), and the Professor of Aerospace Science (if any) at that college or may be in addition to any other officer detailed to that college in support of the program. (3) In the case of an officer detailed as Assist- ant Commandant of Cadets, the officer may, upon the request of the college, be assigned from among officers otherwise detailed to duty at that college in support of the program or may be in addition to any other officer detailed to that college in support of the program. (b) DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS AS TACTICAL OF- FICERS.—Upon the request of a senior military college, the Secretary of Defense may authorize officers (other than officers covered by sub- section (a)) who are detailed to duty as instruc- tors at that college to act simultaneously as tactical officers (with or without compensation) for the Corps of Cadets at that college. (c) DETAIL OF OFFICERS.—The Secretary of a military department shall designate officers for detail to the program at a senior military col- lege in accordance with criteria provided by the college. An officer may not be detailed to a sen- ior military college without the approval of that college. (d) TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF PROGRAM PROHIBITED.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may not take or authorize any action to terminate or reduce a unit of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at a senior military college un- less the termination or reduction is specifically requested by the college. (e) ASSIGNMENT TO ACTIVE DUTY.—(1) The Sec- retary of the Army shall ensure that a graduate of a senior military college who desires to serve as a commissioned officer on active duty upon graduation from the college, who is medically and physically qualified for active duty, and who is recommended for such duty by the pro- fessor of military science at the college, shall be assigned to active duty. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary of the Army from re- quiring a member of the program who graduates from a senior military college to serve on active duty. (f) SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGES.—The senior military colleges are the following: (1) Texas A&M University. (2) Norwich University. (3) The Virginia Military Institute. (4) The Citadel. (5) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. (6) The University of North Georgia. (Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 545(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 317; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 544(d)–(f)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1745, 1746; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 541(c), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 607; Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, § 583, Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 776.)