Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 2.djvu/185

 PUBLIC LAW 100-180—DEC. 4, 1987 i

101 STAT. 1171

"(B) the length of time served in that assignment (in any case other than an assignment which is described in subsection (g)(4)(B)) was not less than two years. "(e) AVERAGE TOUR LENGTHS.—(1) The Secretary shall ensure that the average length of joint duty assignments during any ftscal year (after fiscal year 1990), measured by the lengths of the joint duty assignments ending during that fiscal year, meets the standards prescribed in subsection (a). "(2) In computing the average length of joint duty assignments for purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary may exclude the following service: "(A) Service described in subsection (c), except that not more than 10 percent of all joint duty assignments shown on the list published pursuant to section 668(b)(2)(A) of this title may be so excluded in any year. "(B) Service described in subsection (d). "(f) FULL TOUR OF DUTY.—An officer shall be considered to have completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment upon completion of— "(1) a joint duty assignment that meets the standards prescribed in subsection (a); "(2) a joint duty assignment under the circumstances described in subsection (c); or "(3) cumulative service in joint duty assignments as described in subsection (g). "(g) CUMULATIVE CREDIT.—(1) Cumulative service for purposes of subsection (f)(3) is service in joint duty assignments which totals in length not less than the applicable standard prescribed in subsection (a) and which includes at least one tour of duty in a joint duty assignment that— "(A) was performed outside the United States or in Alaska or Alaska. Hawaii; or Hawaii. "(B) Was terminated because of a qualifying reassignment (as described in paragraph (4)). "(2) In computing cumulative service of an officer in joint duty assignments for purposes of paragraph (1), a tour of duty of the officer in a joint duty assignment other than a tour of duty specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) may not be counted unless the officer served at least two years in the assignment. The ,<.,-, prohibition on counting certain tours of duty in the preceding n. tjji<.. sentence does not apply to a joint duty assignment which follows a reassignment described in paragraph (4)(B). "(3) In computing the cumulative service of an officer in joint duty assignments for purposes of paragraph (1), a tour of duty in a joint duty assignment shall be excluded— "(A) if the officer served less than 10 months in that assignment; and "(B) to the extent that the assignment was served more than eight years before the date of computation of the cumulative service. "(4) For purposes of paragraph (I)(B), a qusdifying reassignment is a reassignment of an officer from a joint duty assignment— "(A) for unusual personal reasons (including extreme hardship and medical conditions) beyond the control of the officer or the armed forces; or "(B) to another joint duty assignment immediately after—

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