10 U.S.C. § 654 — Minimum service requirement for certain

Page 641 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 656 ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), sec- tion 653 of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub- section (a)(1), shall apply to persons who begin under- graduate pilot training, undergraduate navigator train- ing, or undergraduate naval flight officer training, as the case may be, after September 30, 1990. ‘‘(2) Such section shall apply to persons who graduate from the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, and the Coast Guard Academy after Decem- ber 31, 1991, and to persons who satisfactorily complete the academic and military requirements of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program (provided for in chapter 103 of title 10, United States Code) after De- cember 31, 1991. ‘‘(3) The minimum service requirements provided for such section shall not apply in the case of any person who entered into an agreement with the Secretary con- cerned before October 1, 1990, and who is obligated under the terms of such agreement to serve on active duty for a period less than the applicable period speci- fied in section 653 of such title. ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘Sec- retary concerned’ has the meaning given that term in section 101(8) of title 10, United States Code [now 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(9)].’’ [For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat- ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu- rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor- ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.] § 654. Minimum service requirement for certain cyberspace occupational specialties (a) CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS OFFICER.—The minimum service obligation for any member who successfully completes training in the armed forces in direct accession to the cyber- space operations officer occupational specialty of the Marine Corps shall be eight years. (b) SERVICE OBLIGATION DEFINED.—In this sec- tion, the term ‘‘service obligation’’ means the period of active duty or, in the case of a member of a reserve component who completed cyber- space operations training in an active duty for training status as a member of a reserve compo- nent, the period of service in an active status in the Selected Reserve, required to be served after completion of cyberspace operations training. (Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title V, § 509(b), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 243.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 654, added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 571(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1670, related to pol- icy concerning homosexuality in the armed forces, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 111–321, § 2(f)(1)(A), Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3516. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL REPEAL Pub. L. 111–321, Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3515, repealed former section 654 of this title effective 60 days after the later of the Secretary of Defense receiving a report, which was released Nov. 30, 2010, and the President transmitting to the congressional defense committees a written certification, which was transmitted July 22, 2011. § 655. Designation of persons having interest in status of a missing member (a) The Secretary concerned shall, upon the enlistment or appointment of a person in the armed forces, require that the person specify in writing the person or persons, if any, other than that person’s primary next of kin or immediate family, to whom information on the where- abouts and status of the member shall be pro- vided if such whereabouts and status are inves- tigated under chapter 76 of this title. The Sec- retary shall periodically, and whenever the member is deployed as part of a contingency op- eration or in other circumstances specified by the Secretary, require that such designation be reconfirmed, or modified, by the member. (b) The Secretary concerned shall, upon the request of a member, permit the member to re- vise the person or persons specified by the mem- ber under subsection (a) at any time. Any such revision shall be in writing. (Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 569(d)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 352.) § 656. Diversity in military leadership: plan; men- toring and career counseling program (a) PLAN.—The Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy) shall de- velop and implement a plan to accurately meas- ure the efforts of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard to achieve a dynamic, sustain- able level of members of the armed forces (in- cluding reserve components) that, among both commissioned officers and senior enlisted per- sonnel of each armed force, will reflect the di- verse population of the United States eligible to serve in the armed forces, including gender spe- cific, racial, and ethnic populations. Any metric established pursuant to this subsection may not be used in a manner that undermines the merit- based processes of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard, including such processes for accession, retention, and promotion. Such metrics may not be combined with the identi- fication of specific quotas based upon diversity characteristics. The Secretary concerned shall continue to account for diversified language and cultural skills among the total force of the armed forces. (b) MENTORING AND CAREER COUNSELING PRO- GRAM.— (1) PROGRAM REQUIRED AS PART OF PLAN.— With the goal of having the diversity of the population of officers serving in each branch, specialty, community, and grade of each armed force reflect the diversity of the popu- lation in such armed force as a whole, the Sec- retary of Defense and the Secretary of the De- partment in which the Coast Guard is oper- ating shall include in the plan required by sub- section (a) a mentoring and career counseling program for officers. (2) ELEMENTS.—The program required by this subsection shall include the following: (A) The option for any officer to partici- pate in the program. (B) For each officer who elects to partici- pate in the program, the following: