10 USC § 1165 - Regular warrant officers: separation during three-year probationary period

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1165"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 1165 - Regular warrant officers: separation during three-year probationary period"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1165"
section_name: "Regular warrant officers: separation during three-year probationary period"
chapter_number: 59
chapter_name: "SEPARATION"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 90; Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 109(b)(1), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2870.)"
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# § 1165. Regular warrant officers: separation during three-year probationary period

section 515 of this titlesection 515 of this title

The Secretary concerned may terminate the regular appointment of any permanent regular warrant officer at any time within three years after the date when the officer accepted his original permanent appointment as a warrant officer in that component. A warrant officer who is separated under this section is entitled, if eligible therefor, to separation pay under section 1174 or he may be enlisted under . If such a warrant officer is enlisted under , he is not entitled to separation pay.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 90; Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 109(b)(1), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2870.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1165 | 10:600d (less last 36 words of last sentence).34:135d (less last 36 words of last sentence). | May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 6 (less last 36 words of last sentence), 68 Stat. 159. |

The words “in his discretion” are omitted as surplusage. The last 10 words of the last sentence are inserted for clarity.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980— authorized entitlement, if the regular warrant officer is eligible therefor, to separation pay under section 1174.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , but the authority to prescribe regulations under the amendment by  effective on , see , set out as a note under .