The only exceptions to the 12-week basic training (or equivalent training) law are "who have been credentialed in a medical profession or occupation and are serving in a health-care occupational specialty."
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TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A--General Military Law
PART II--PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 39--ACTIVE DUTY
Sec. 671. Members not to be assigned outside United States
before completing training
(a) A member of the armed forces may not be assigned to active duty
on land outside the United States and its territories and possessions
until the member has completed the basic training requirements of the
armed force of which he is a member.
(b) In time of war or a national emergency declared by Congress or
the President, the period of required basic training (or its equivalent)
may not (except as provided in subsection (c)) be less than 12 weeks.
(c)(1) A period of basic training (or equivalent training) shorter
than 12 weeks may be established by the Secretary concerned for members
of the armed forces who have been credentialed in a medical profession
or occupation and are serving in a health-care occupational specialty,
as determined under regulations prescribed under paragraph (2). Any such
period shall be established under regulations prescribed under paragraph
(2) and may be established notwithstanding section 4(a) of the Military
Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 454(a)).
(2) The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in
the Navy, shall prescribe regulations for the purposes of paragraph (1).
The regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense shall apply
uniformly to the military departments.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 27; Pub. L. 94-106, title VIII,
Sec. 802(b), Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 537; Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, title
V, Sec. 501, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3863; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A,
title V, Sec. 511, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1648; Pub. L. 107-296, title
XVII, Sec. 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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671................................... 50 App.:454(a) (words between June 24, 1948, ch. 625, Sec. 4(a)
semicolon and proviso of 6th (words between semicolon and
par.). proviso of 6th par.); restated
June 19, 1951, ch. 144, Sec. 1(d)
(words between semicolon and
proviso of 6th par.), 65 Stat. 78.
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The words ``four months of basic training or its equivalent'' are
substituted for the words ``the equivalent of at least four months of
basic training''. The words ``who is enlisted, inducted, appointed, or
ordered to active duty after the date of enactment of the 1951
Amendments to the Universal Military Training and Service Act [June 19,
1951]'' and ``at any installation located'' are omitted as surplusage.
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 107-296 substituted ``of Homeland
Security'' for ``of Transportation''.
1993--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 511(1), inserted ``(except
as provided in subsection (c))'' after ``may not''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 511(2), added subsec. (c).
1986--Pub. L. 99-661 amended section generally. Prior to amendment,
section read as follows: ``No member of an armed force may be assigned
to active duty on land outside the United States and its Territories and
possessions, until he has had twelve weeks of basic training or its
equivalent.''
1975--Pub. L. 94-106 reduced minimum period of basic training from
four months to twelve weeks.
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107-296 effective on the date of transfer of
the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section
1704(g) of Pub. L. 107-296, set out as a note under section 101 of this
title.
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§ 671. Members not to be assigned outside United States before completing training
(a) A member of the armed forces may not be assigned to active duty on land outside the United States and its territories and possessions until the member has completed the basic training requirements of the armed force of which he is a member.
(b) In time of war or a national emergency declared by Congress or the President, the period of required basic training (or its equivalent) may not (except as provided in subsection (c)) be less than 12 weeks.
(c)
(1) A period of basic training (or equivalent training) shorter than 12 weeks may be established by the Secretary concerned for members of the armed forces who have been credentialed in a medical profession or occupation and are serving in a health-care occupational specialty, as determined under regulations prescribed under paragraph (2). Any such period shall be established under regulations prescribed under paragraph (2) and may be established notwithstanding section 4(a) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. 454 (a)).
(2) The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, shall prescribe regulations for the purposes of paragraph (1). The regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense shall apply uniformly to the military departments.