engineering or scientific duty
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
In this section, the term “engineering or scientific duty” means service performed by an officer—
(1) that requires an engineering or science degree; and
(2) that requires a skill designated (under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the armed forces, by the Secretary of Commerce for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Public Health Service) as critical and as a skill in which there is a critical shortage of officers in the uniformed service concerned.
Source
- 1994–present37 U.S.C. § 315Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services · Special pay: engineering and scientific career continuation pay · in this section