10 U.S.C. § 9448
Section 9448 · Regulations
Current version, with additions and removals from the December 22, 2023 version.
Each cadet shall sign an agreement with respect to the cadet’s length of service in the armed forces. The agreement shall provide that the cadet agrees to the following:
That the cadet will complete the course of instruction at the Academy.
That upon graduation from the Academy the cadet—
will accept an appointment, if tendered, as a commissioned officer of the Regular Air Force or the Space Force; and
will serve on active duty for at least five years immediately after such appointment.
That if an appointment described in paragraph (2) is not tendered or if the cadet is permitted to resign as a regular officer, or to terminate the officer’s order to sustained duty in the Space Force before completion of the commissioned service obligation of the cadet, the cadet—
will accept an appointment as a commissioned officer as a Reserve in the Air Force for service in the Air Force Reserve or will accept further assignment in a space force active status; and
will remain in that reserve component, or the Space Force, until completion of the commissioned service obligation of the cadet.
That if an appointment described in paragraph (2) or (3) is tendered and the cadet participates in a program under section 2121 of this title, the cadet will fulfill any unserved obligation incurred under this section on active duty, regardless of the type of appointment held, upon completion of, and in addition to, any service obligation incurred under section 2123 of this title for participation in such program.
That the cadet may not obtain employment as a professional athlete until two years after the cadet graduates from the Academy.
Each cadet shall sign an agreement with respect to the cadet’s length of service in the armed forces. The agreement shall provide that the cadet agrees to the following:
That the cadet will complete the course of instruction at the Academy.
That upon graduation from the Academy the cadet—
will accept an appointment, if tendered, as a commissioned officer of the Regular Air Force or the Space Force; and
will serve on active duty for at least five years immediately after such appointment.
That if an appointment described in paragraph (2) is not tendered or if the cadet is permitted to resign as a regular officer, or to terminate the officer’s order to sustained duty in the Space Force before completion of the commissioned service obligation of the cadet, the cadet—
will accept an appointment as a commissioned officer as a Reserve in the Air Force for service in the Air Force Reserve or will accept further assignment in a space force active status; and
will remain in that reserve component, or the Space Force, until completion of the commissioned service obligation of the cadet.
That if an appointment described in paragraph (2) or (3) is tendered and the cadet participates in a program under section 2121 of this title, the cadet will fulfill any unserved obligation incurred under this section on active duty, regardless of the type of appointment held, upon completion of, and in addition to, any service obligation incurred under section 2123 of this title for participation in such program.
That the cadet may not obtain employment as a professional athlete until two years after the cadet graduates from the Academy.
In this section, the term “commissioned service obligation”, with respect to a cadet, means the period beginning on the date of the cadet’s appointment as a commissioned officer and ending on the sixth anniversary of such appointment or, at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, any later date up to the eighth anniversary of such appointment.
In this section, the term “commissioned service obligation”, with respect to a cadet, means the period beginning on the date of the cadet’s appointment as a commissioned officer and ending on the sixth anniversary of such appointment or, at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, any later date up to the eighth anniversary of such appointment.
This section does not apply to a cadet who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
In the case of a cadet who is a minor and who has parents or a guardian, the cadet may sign the agreement required by subsection (a) only with the consent of a parent or guardian.
This section does not apply to a cadet who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
In the case of a cadet who is a minor and who has parents or a guardian, the cadet may sign the agreement required by subsection (a) only with the consent of a parent or guardian.