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[CITE: 10USC653]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER 37--GENERAL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
 
Sec. 653. Minimum service requirement for certain flight crew 
        positions
        
    (a) Pilots.--The minimum service obligation of any member who 
successfully completes training in the armed forces as a pilot shall be 
8 years, if the member is trained to fly fixed-wing jet aircraft, or 6 
years, if the member is trained to fly any other type of aircraft.
    (b) Navigators and Naval Flight Officers.--The minimum service 
obligation of any member who successfully completes training in the 
armed forces as a navigator or naval flight officer shall be 6 years.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``service obligation'' 
means the period of active duty or, in the case of a member of a reserve 
component who completed flight training in an active duty for training 
status as a member of a reserve component, the period of service in an 
active status in the Selected Reserve required to be served after--
        (1) completion of undergraduate pilot training, in the case of 
    training as a pilot;
        (2) completion of undergraduate navigator training, in the case 
    of training as a navigator; or
        (3) completion of undergraduate training as a naval flight 
    officer, in the case of training as a naval flight officer.

(Added Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title VI, Sec. 634(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 
103 Stat. 1454; amended Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XIV, 
Sec. 1484(k)(3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1719; Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, 
title V, Sec. 506(a), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2404.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 102-484, Sec. 506(a)(1), 
substituted ``service obligation'' for ``active duty obligation''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-484, Sec. 506(a)(2), substituted ``the term 
`service obligation' means the period of active duty or, in the case of 
a member of a reserve component who completed flight training in an 
active duty for training status as a member of a reserve component, the 
period of service in an active status in the Selected Reserve'' for 
``the term `active duty obligation' means the period of active duty''.
    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-510, Sec. 1484(k)(3)(A), substituted 
``or'' for ``and'' before ``6 years''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-510, Sec. 1484(k)(3)(B), inserted a comma 
after first reference to ``training'' in pars. (1) and (2) and after 
first reference to ``naval flight officer'' in par. (3).


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Section 506(b) of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect as of 
November 29, 1989.''


                             Effective Date

    Section 634(b) of Pub. L. 101-189 provided that:
    ``(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), section 653 of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), shall apply 
to persons who begin undergraduate pilot training, undergraduate 
navigator training, 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 
December 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 December 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 concerned 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 specified in section 653 of 
such title.
    ``(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term `Secretary 
concerned' has the meaning given that term in section 101(8) of title 
10, United States Code.''
