10 USC § 7075 - Regular Army: composition

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s7075"
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title: "10 USC § 7075 - Regular Army: composition"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7075"
section_name: "Regular Army: composition"
chapter_number: 707
chapter_name: "THE ARMY"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 170, § 3075; Pub. L. 85–600, § 1(1), Aug. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 522; Pub. L. 95–551, § 2, Oct. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 2069; Pub. L. 97–295, § 1(39), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1297; renumbered § 7075, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)"
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# § 7075. Regular Army: composition

**(a)** The Regular Army is the component of the Army that consists of persons whose continuous service on active duty in both peace and war is contemplated by law, and of retired members of the Regular Army.

**(b)** The Regular Army includes—

**(1)** the officers and enlisted members of the Regular Army;

**(2)** the professors, director of admissions, and cadets of the United States Military Academy; and

**(3)** the retired officers and enlisted members of the Regular Army.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 170, § 3075; Pub. L. 85–600, § 1(1), Aug. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 522; Pub. L. 95–551, § 2, Oct. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 2069; Pub. L. 97–295, § 1(39), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1297; renumbered § 7075, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3075(a)3075(b) | 10:1c(a).10:1c (less (a)). | June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 302, 64 Stat. 268. |

In subsection (b), the words “holding appointments or enlisted in the Regular Army as now or hereafter provided by law”, “and such other persons as are now or may hereafter be specified by law”, and “commissioned * * * warrant officers” are omitted as surplusage, since the revised section lists all persons in the Regular Army. 10:1c (last sentence) is omitted as executed.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1982—Subsec. (b)(2).  inserted a comma after “professors”.

1978—Subsec. (b)(2).  substituted “director of admissions” for “registrar”.

1958—Subsec. (b)(2).  included the registrar of the Military Academy.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .