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[CITE: 10USC6324]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                    CHAPTER 571--VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT
 
Sec. 6324. Officers: creditable service

    For the purpose of this chapter, service as a nurse in the armed 
forces before April 16, 1947, is considered as commissioned service.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 394; Pub. L. 86-197, Sec. 1(6), Aug. 
25, 1959, 73 Stat. 426; Pub. L. 89-609, Sec. 1(15), Sept. 30, 1966, 80 
Stat. 853; Pub. L. 90-130, Sec. 1(23)(A), Nov. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 380.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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6324..................................  34 U.S.C. 43g(h).                    Ap
r. 16, 1947, ch. 38, Sec.
                                                                              2
07(i), 61 Stat. 50; redesignated
                                                                              (
h), Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, Sec.
                                                                              4
34(d), 61 Stat. 882.
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    The words ``or the reserve components thereof'' are omitted because 
``Army'', ``Navy'', and ``Air Force'', as defined in this title, include 
the reserve components.


                               Amendments

    1967--Pub. L. 90-130 substituted provision reciting simply that 
service as a nurse in the armed forces before April 16, 1947, is 
considered as commissioned service for purposes of this chapter for 
provisions making specific reference to service under an appointment or 
contract or as a commissioned officer in the Nurse Corps of the Army or 
the Navy or as a commissioned officer of the Air Force designated as an 
Air Force Nurse.
    1966--Pub. L. 89-609 substituted ``the person's'' for ``her'' in 
introductory text in two places.
    1959--Pub. L. 86-197 substituted ``a regular officer or a reserve 
officer'' for ``an officer''.


   Authority of Military Department Secretaries To Convene Boards To 
        Recommend Deferment of Retirement or Separation of Nurses

    Secretaries authorized until July 1, 1972, to convene boards of 
officers to consider and recommend deferment of separation or retirement 
of officers of the Army Nurse Corps, officers of the Navy Nurse Corps, 
and Air Force nurses, as needs of the service require, see section 4(f) 
of Pub. L. 90-130, set out as a note under section 3069 of this title.
