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PUBLIC LAW 85-86 1 - S E P T. 2, 1958

"§8359. Commissioned officers: original appointment; determina> tion of grade "Based on the service credited under section 8353 of this title, the commissioned grade in which a person credited with service under that section is originally appointed as a reserve officer of the Air Force i s: "(1) For persons with less than three years of service—second lieutenant. "(2) For persons with at least three, but less than seven, years of service—first lieutenant. "(3) For persons with at least seven, but less than 14, years of service—captain. "(4) For persons with at least 14, but less than 21, years of service—major. "(5) For persons with at least 21 years of service—lieuteniun colonel. "(6) For persons with at least 23 years of service—lieutenant colonel or under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force—colonel. ''§8360. Commissioned officers: promotion service " (a) To be eligible under this chapter for (1) consideration for promotion, (2) examination for Federal recognition, or (3) promotion, a reserve commissioned officer must be in an active status. " (b) To be in an active status, a reserve commissioned officer must have credited to him, during each applicable period prescribed in subsection (c) or (d), the number of points that the Secretary of the Air Force prescribed for that period under section 1002 of this title before that period began. This does not apply to an adjutant general or assistant adjutant general of a State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia. "(c) For a reserve commissioned officer who was a Reserve in an active status in the Air Force on July 1, 1949. and who has continued in an active status since that date, points shall be computed for a period of 12 consecutive months beginning on July 1 of each year. " (d) For a reserve commissioned officer who was originally appointed as a reserve officer of the Air Force after July 1, 1949, or who returned to an active status after that date, points shall be computed for periods of 12 consecutive months beginning on the date of that appointment or of his most recent return to an active status, and on each successive anniversary of that date. "(e) For the purposes of sections 8358, 8361, 8363 (a), 8365, 8366 fa), 8368 (b), 8375 (b), 8377 (a), 8380 (c), 8381 (b), and 8819 of this title, an officer's years of service are computed by adding— "(1) all service while in an active status in his current reserve grade; and "(2) all service in an active status after June 25, 1950, and before July 1, 1955— " (A) while eligible for promotion in reserve grade on the basis of service in a higher temporary grade; or " (B) in regular or reserve grade, in any armed force, that was equal to or higher than his current reserve grade, including service in a federally recognized commissioned status in the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard. No service may be counted more than once.

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