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[CITE: 10USC668]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                  CHAPTER 38--JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 668. Definitions

    (a) Joint Matters.--In this chapter, the term ``joint matters'' 
means matters relating to the integrated employment of land, sea, and 
air forces, including matters relating to--
        (1) national military strategy;
        (2) strategic planning and contingency planning; and
        (3) command and control of combat operations under unified 
    command.

    (b) Joint Duty Assignment.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall by 
regulation define the term ``joint duty assignment'' for the purposes of 
this chapter. That definition shall be limited to assignments in which 
the officer gains significant experience in joint matters and shall 
exclude--
        (A) assignments for joint training or joint education; and
        (B) assignments within an officer's own military department.

    (2) The Secretary shall publish a list showing--
        (A) the positions that are joint duty assignment positions under 
    such regulation and the number of such positions and, of those 
    positions, those that are positions held by general or flag officers 
    and the number of such positions; and
        (B) of the positions listed under subparagraph (A), those that 
    are critical joint duty assignment positions and the number of such 
    positions and, of those positions, those that are positions held by 
    general or flag officers and the number of such positions.

    (c) Clarification of ``Tour of Duty''.--For purposes of this 
chapter, a tour of duty in which an officer serves in more than one 
joint duty assignment within the same organization without a break 
between such assignments shall be considered to be a single tour of duty 
in a joint duty assignment.

(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title IV, Sec. 401(a), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1029; amended Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, title XIII, Secs. 1302(c)(1), 
1303(b), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1170, 1172; Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, 
title V, Sec. 519(b), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1972.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsecs. (c), (f). Pub. L. 100-456 redesignated subsec. (f) as 
(c).
    1987--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1302(c)(1), inserted 
``and, of those positions, those that are positions held by general or 
flag officers and the number of such positions'' in subpars. (A) and 
(B).
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1303(b), added subsec. (f).


            Publication of Revised Joint Duty Assignment List

    Section 1302(c)(2) of Pub. L. 100-180 provided that: ``The Secretary 
of Defense shall publish a revised list under section 668(b)(2) of title 
10, United States Code, taking into account the amendments made by this 
section [amending sections 661 and 668 of this title], not later than 
six months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 4, 1987].''


              Transition to Joint Officer Personnel Policy

    The list of positions required to be published by subsec. (b)(2) of 
this section to be published not later than six months after Oct. 1, 
1986, see section 406(a)(2) of Pub. L. 99-433, set out as a note under 
section 661 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 661, 664 of this title.
