10 U.S.C. § 7446 — Cadets: requirements for admission
submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 209 words · no verdicts yet
Cadets must be 17 to 22 years old when they enter the Military Academy. They must pass an exam and a physical exam to be admitted. Every new cadet must also swear an oath.
(a) A candidate must be at least 17 years old to be eligible for admission to the Academy, and cannot have turned 23 before July 1 of the year they enter the Academy.
(b) To be admitted, the appointee must pass an examination, held under rules the Secretary of the Army* sets, showing they are qualified in the subjects the Secretary requires.
(c) A candidate named as a principal or an alternate for appointment as a cadet must appear for a physical examination at the time and place the Secretary sets.
(d) To be admitted, the appointee must take and sign an oath swearing to support the Constitution of the United States; stay truly loyal to the National Government; defend U.S. sovereignty above any allegiance, sovereignty, or loyalty owed to any state or country; and always obey the lawful orders of superior officers and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. If a candidate for admission refuses to take this oath, their appointment is terminated.
To be eligible for admission to the Academy a candidate must be at least 17 years of age and must not have passed his twenty-third birthday on July 1 of the year in which he enters the Academy.
To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must show, by an examination held under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army*, that he is qualified in the subjects prescribed by the Secretary.
A candidate designated as a principal or an alternate for appointment as a cadet shall appear for physical examination at a time and place designated by the Secretary.
To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must take and subscribe to the following oath—
“I, ____________, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and bear true allegiance to the National Government; that I will maintain and defend the sovereignty of the United States, paramount to any and all allegiance, sovereignty, or fealty I may owe to any State or country whatsoever; and that I will at all times obey the legal orders of my superior officers, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.”
If a candidate for admission refuses to take this oath, his appointment is terminated.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 242, § 4346; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, § 555(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2527; renumbered § 7446, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-201 · 110 Stat. 2527
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1839
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.
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