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[CITE: 10USC3065]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                          CHAPTER 307--THE ARMY
 
Sec. 3065. Assignment and detail: officers assigned or detailed 
        to basic and special branches
        
    (a) Commissioned officers of the Army may be detailed as general 
staff officers and as inspectors general.
    (b) Members of the Army may be detailed to duty in particular fields 
specified by the Secretary, including intelligence, counter-
intelligence, and military government.
    (c) Members of the Army appointed in or assigned to one branch may 
be detailed for duty with any other branch.
    (d) Members of the Army while not on active duty may be assigned to 
any basic or special branch, or to such other branches or groups, and to 
such organizations, as the Secretary considers appropriate.
    (e) No officer of the Army may be assigned to perform technical, 
scientific, or other professional duties unless he is qualified to 
perform those duties and meets professional qualifications at least as 
strict as those in effect on June 28, 1950. If the duties to which an 
officer is assigned involve professional work that is the same as or is 
similar to that usually performed in civil life by a member of a learned 
profession, such as engineering, law, medicine, or theology, the officer 
must have the qualifications, by education, training, or experience, 
equal to or similar to those usually required of members of that 
profession, unless the exigencies of the situation prevent.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 167.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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3065(a)...............................  10:1g(c) (1st 27 words).             Ju
ne 28, 1950, ch. 383, Sec.  306
3065(b)...............................  10:1g(c) (less 1st 27 words).         (
less (a) and (b)), Sec.  404(e),
                                        10:1g(d).                             6
4 Stat. 269, 274.
3065(c)...............................
3065(d)...............................  10:1g(e).
3065(e)...............................  10:1g(f).
                                        [Uncodified: June 28, 1950, ch.
                                         383, Sec.  404(e), 64 Stat. 274].
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    In subsections (a) and (c)-(e), the words ``Under such regulations 
as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe'' and ``under [Under] 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army'' are omitted, since 
the Secretary has inherent authority to issue regulations appropriate to 
exercising his statutory functions.
    In subsection (b), the word ``specified'' is substituted for the 
words ``designated from time to time'', in 10:1g(c). The words ``but not 
limited to'', in 10:1g(c), are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (d), the words ``basic or special branch'' are 
substituted for the words ``branches of the Army provided for in this 
section''. The word ``considers'' is substituted for the words ``may 
deem to be''.
    In subsection (e), the words ``No officer * * * may be * * * unless 
he is'' are substituted for the words ``officers of the Army * * * shall 
* * * possess''. The last 16 words of the first sentence are substituted 
for the Act of June 28, 1950, ch. 383, Title IV, Sec. 404(e), 64 Stat. 
274. The last sentence is substituted for 10:1g(f) (1st 9 words).
