10 U.S.C. § 671 — Members not to be assigned outside United States before completing training

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A member of the armed forces may not be assigned to active duty on land outside the United States and its territories and possessions before completing basic training. During a congressional or presidential war or emergency, basic training generally must last at least 12 weeks, with a regulated exception for credentialed health-care personnel.

(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 completing the basic training requirements of the member’s armed force. (b) During a war or national emergency declared by Congress or the President, required basic training, or equivalent training, generally may not be shorter than 12 weeks, except as subsection (c) allows. (c)(1) The responsible Secretary may set a shorter period for armed-forces members who hold credentials in a medical profession or occupation and serve in a health-care specialty, as regulations under paragraph (2) determine. The period must be set under those regulations and may be set despite section 4(a) of the Military Selective Service Act. (2) The Defense Secretary, and the Homeland Security Secretary for the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a Navy service, must issue regulations for paragraph (1). Defense Department regulations must apply uniformly to the military departments.

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(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. 3803(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.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 27; Pub. L. 94–106, title VIII, § 802(b), Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 537; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title V, § 501, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3863; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 511, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1648; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title X, § 1081(b)(1)(A)(v), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2418.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
1975Amended · Pub. L. 94-106 · 89 Stat. 537
1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-661 · 100 Stat. 3863
1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-160 · 107 Stat. 1648
2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-296 · 116 Stat. 2314
2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2418

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.

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