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cal requirements for reenlistment, or it is determined that recovery to that extent is impossible. " (b) This section does not prevent the retention in service, without his consent, of an enlisted member of an armed force under section 972 of this title.

72 Stat. 1443.

^^§ 508. Reenlistment: qualifications " (a) No person whose service during his last term of enlistment was not honest and faithful may be reenlisted in an armed force. However, the Secretary concerned may authorize the reenlistment in the armed force under his jurisdiction of such a person if his conduct after that service has been good. "(b) A person discharged from a Regular component may be reenlisted in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Coast Guard, as the case may be, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe. "(c) This section does not deprive a person of any right to be reenlisted in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Coast Guard under any other provision of law\ "§ 509. Voluntary extension of enlistments: periods and benefits " (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, the term of enlistment of a member of an armed force may be extended or reextended with his written consent for any period. However, the total of all such extensions of an enlistment may not exceed four years. " (b) When a member is discharged from an enlistment that has been extended under this section, he has the same rights, privileges, and benefits that he would have if discharged at the same time from an enlistment not so extended. a*

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"§ 518. Temporary enlistments "Temporary enlistments may be made only in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, as the case may be, without specification of component. "§ 519. Temporary enlistments: during war or emergency "Except as provided in section 505 of this title and except for enlistments as Reserves of an armed force— "(1) temiDorary enlistments in an armed force entered into in time of war or of emergency declared by Congress shall be for the duration of the war or emergency plus six months; and "(2) only persons at least eighteen years of age and otherwise qualified under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary concerned are eligible for such enlistments."; and (C) by striking the following item out of the analysis: ".501. Enlistment oath: who may administer."

and inserting the following new items in place thereof: ".TOI. Definition.

".502. ".503. "504. ".50.5. "506.

Enlistment oath: who may administer. Enlistments: recruiting campaigns. Persons not qualified. Regular components: qualifications, term, grade. Regular components: extension of enlistments during war or national emergency. "507. Extension of enlistment for members needing medical care or hospitalization.

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