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PUBLIC LAW 88-647-OCT. 13, 1964

[78 STAT.

"§2108. Advanced standing; interruption of training; delay in starting obligated service; release from program " (a) The Secretary of the military department concerned may give to any enlisted member of an armed force mider his jurisdiction, or any person who has served on active duty in any armed force, such advanced standing in the program as may oe justified by his education and training. "(b) I n determining a member's eligibility for advanced training, the Secretary of the military department concerned may credit him with any military training that is substantially equivalent in kind to that prescribed for admission to advanced training and was received while he was taking a course of instruction in a program under the jurisdiction of another armed force or while he was on active duty in the armed forces. "(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may excuse from a portion of the prescribed course of military instruction, including field training and practice cruises, any person found qualified on the basis of his previous education, military experience, or both. " (d) A person may become, remain, or be readmitted as, a member of the advanced training program after receiving a baccalaureate degree or completing pre-professional studies if he has not completed the course of military instruction or all field training or practice cruises prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned. If a member of the program has been accepted for resident graduate or professional study, the Secretary of the military department concerned may delay the commencement of that member's obligated period of active duty until the member has completed that study. "(e) The Secretary of the military department concerned may, when he determines that the interest of the service so requires, release any person from the program and discharge him from his armed force. "§2109. Field training; practice cruises " (a) For the further practical instruction of members of the program, the Secretary of the military department concerned may prescribe and conduct field training and practice cruises pother than field training and practice cruises prescribed under section 2104(b)(6) (B) of this title) which members must complete before they are commissioned. "(b) The Secretary of the military department concerned may— " (1) transport members of the program to and from the places d e s i ^ a t e d for field training or practice cruises and furnish them subsistence while traveling to and from those places, or, instead of furnishing them transportation and subsistence, pay them a travel allowance at the rate prescribed for cadets and midshipmen at the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies for travel by the shortest usually traveled route from the places from which they are authorized to proceed to the place designated for the traming or cruise and return, and pay the allowance for the return t r i p in advance; "(2) furnish medical attendance and supplies to members of the program while attending field training and practice cruises, and admit them to military hospitals; "(3) furnish subsistence, uniform clothing, and equipment to members of the program while attending field training or practice cruises or, instead of furnishing uniform clothing, pay them allowances at such rates as he may prescribe;

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