10 U.S.C. § 507 — Extension of enlistment for members need-

Page 532 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 506 more than six years. No enlisted member is entitled to be reenlisted for a period that would expire before the end of his current enlistment.’’ 1983—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 98–94 substituted ‘‘at least two but not more than six years’’ for ‘‘two, three, four, five, or six years’’. 1978—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 95–485 redesignated subsec. (e) as (d). Former subsec. (d), which provided that in the Regular Army female persons may be en- listed only in the Women’s Army Corps, was struck out. 1974—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–290, § 1, struck out provi- sions which prohibited the Secretary from accepting original enlistments from female persons less than 18 years of age, and which required consent of the parent or guardian for an original enlistment of a female per- son under 21 years of age. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93–290, § 2, substituted provisions permitting the Secretary to accept original enlist- ments of persons for the duration of their minority or for a period of two, three, four, five, or six years, for provisions which limited the Secretary to accept origi- nal enlistments from male persons for the duration of their minority or for a period of two, three, four, five, or six years, and from female persons for a period of two, three, four, five, or six years. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 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. § 506. Regular components: extension of enlist- ments during war An enlistment in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, Regular Marine Corps, Space Force, or Regular Coast Guard in effect at the beginning of a war, or entered into during a war, unless sooner terminated by the President, continues in effect until six months after the termination of that war. (Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(1)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 754; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(5)(B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3822; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1717(b)(3), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 655.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Another section 506 was renumbered section 500f of this title. AMENDMENTS 2023—Pub. L. 118–31 struck out ‘‘Regular’’ before ‘‘Space Force’’. 2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘Regular Marine Corps, Regular Space Force,’’ for ‘‘Regular Marine Corps,’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 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. § 507. Extension of enlistment for members need- ing medical care or hospitalization (a) An enlisted member of an armed force on active duty whose term of enlistment expires while he is suffering from disease or injury inci- dent to service and not due to his misconduct, and who needs medical care or hospitalization, may be retained on active duty, with his con- sent, until he recovers to the extent that he is able to meet the physical requirements for reen- listment, or it is determined that recovery to that extent is impossible. (b) This section does not prevent the retention in service, without his consent, of an enlisted member of an armed force under section 972 of this title. (Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(1)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 754.) § 508. Reenlistment: qualifications (a) No person whose service during his last term of enlistment was not honest and faithful may be reenlisted in an armed force. However, the Secretary concerned may authorize the re- enlistment in the armed force under his jurisdic- tion of such a person if his conduct after that service has been good. (b) A person discharged from a Regular compo- nent may be reenlisted in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, Regular Ma- rine Corps, Space Force, or Regular Coast Guard, as the case may be, under such regula- tions as the Secretary concerned may prescribe. (c) This section does not deprive a person of any right to be reenlisted in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, Regular Ma- rine Corps, Space Force, or Regular Coast Guard under any other provision of law. (Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(1)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 755; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(5)(C), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3822; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1717(b)(4), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 655.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2023—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 118–31 struck out ‘‘Reg- ular’’ before ‘‘Space Force’’. 2021—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘Regular Marine Corps, Regular Space Force,’’ for ‘‘Regular Marine Corps,’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 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.