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 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 323 "§6328. Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement "(a) ENLISTED MEMBERS. — Time required to be made up under section 972(a) of this title after the date of the enactment of this section may not be counted in computing years of service under this chapter. "(b) OFFICERS.—Section 972(b) of this title excludes from computation of an officer's years of service for purposes of this chapter any time identified with respect to that officer under that section.". (B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6327 the following new item: "6328. Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement.". (4) Chapter 867 of such title is amended— (A) in section 8925(b), by striking out "section 972" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 972(a)"; and (B) by adding at the end of section 8926 the following new subsection: "(d) Section 972(b) of this title excludes from computation of an officer's years of service for purposes of this section any time identified with respect to that officer under that section.". (e) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.—The amendments lo use 972 note made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any period of time covered by section 972 of title 10, United States Code, that occurs after that date. SEC. 562. ARMY RANGER TRAINING. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 401 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 4302 the following new section: "§ 4303. Army Ranger training: instructor staffing; safety " (a) LEVELS OF PERSONNEL ASSIGNED.— (1) The Secretary of the Army shall ensure that at all times the number of officers, and the number of enlisted members, permanently assigned to the Ranger Training Brigade (or other organizational element of the Army primarily responsible for Ranger student training) are not less than 90 percent of the required manning spaces for officers, and for enlisted members, respectively, for that brigade. "(2) In this subsection, the term 'required manning spaces' means the number of personnel spaces for officers, and the number of personnel spaces for enlisted members, that are designated in Army authorization documents as the number required to accomplish the missions of a particular unit or organization. "(b) TRAINING SAFETY CELLS.— (1) The Secretary of the Army shall establish and maintain an organizational entity known as a 'safety cell' as part of the organizational elements of the Army responsible for conducting each of the three major phases of the Ranger Course. The safety cell in each different geographic area of Ranger Course training shall be comprised of personnel who have sufficient continuity and experience in that geographic area of such training to be knowledgeable of the local conditions yearround, including conditions of terrain, weather, water, and climate and other conditions and the potential effect on those conditions on Ranger student training and safety. "(2) Members of each safety cell shall be assigned in sufficient numbers to serve as advisers to the officers in charge of the major

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