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PUBLIC LAW 85-861-SEPT. 2, 1958

[72 S T A T.

(B) by adding the following new item at the end of the analysis: "8314. Commissioned officers: promotion not to be delayed by another appointment."

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(178) Chapter 837 is amended— (A) by inserting the following new section after section 8352: ''*(a) For the purposes of chapters 837 and 863 of this title, a person who is uppomted as a reserve commissioned officer of the Air Force, and is not already a commissioned officer of an armed force may be credited, upon his appointment, with service in an active status that retiects his combined years of experience and education and SUCH other qualilications as the Secretary of the Air Force may by regulation prescribe. " (b) A person covered by subsection (a) who is appointed with a view to assignment or designation in one of the following categories shall be credited, upon his appointment, and for the purposes oi subsection (a), with at least the following service in an active status: " (1) Medical officer—four years. "(2) Dental officer—three years. "(3) Veterinary officer—three years. "(4) Chaplain—three years. " (5) Judge Advocate—three years. "(c) A person covered by subsection (a) who is appointed with a view to assignment or designation as a medical service officer, and who holds a degree of doctor of philosophy, or a comparable degree, in a science that the Secretary determines is allied to medicine may be credited upon his appointment, and for the purposes of subsection (a), with at least three years of service in an active status."; (B) by amending section 8354— (i) by amending the catchline to read as follows: "§8354. Commissioned officers: appointment of warrant officers and enlisted members of Air National Guard of United States; status"; (ii) by inserting the designation " (a) " before the word "Notwithstanding" at the beginning thereof; and (iii) by inserting the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(b) A member of the Air National Guard of the United States who is appointed in a commissioned grade under this section is not in an active status as a commissioned officer unless he is on active duty as a commissioned officer."; and (C) by inserting the following new sections after section 8356: "§8358. Commissioned officers: original appointment; service credit "For the purpose of determining seniority in his reserve grade and eligibility for promotion, a person appointed in a grade below colonel under section 8359 of this title shall be credited with the number of years of service, computed under section 8360(e) of this title, in that grade that is equal to the difference between the number of years of service credited to him under section 8353 of this title and the minimum number of years of service prescribed by section 8359 of this title for the grade in which he is appointed.
 * § 8353. Commissioned officers: appointment; service credit

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