10 USC § 7083 - Public Affairs Specialty

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s7083"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 7083 - Public Affairs Specialty"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7083"
section_name: "Public Affairs Specialty"
chapter_number: 707
chapter_name: "THE ARMY"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 596(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1765, § 3083; renumbered § 7083, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)"
---


# § 7083. Public Affairs Specialty

There is a career field in the Army known as the Public Affairs Specialty. Members of the Army with the Public Affairs Specialty are—

**(1)** the Chief of Public Affairs;

**(2)** commissioned officers of the Army in the grade of major or above who are selected and specifically educated, trained, and experienced to perform as professional public affairs officers for the remainder of their careers; and

**(3)** other members of the Army assigned to public affairs positions by the Secretary of the Army.

---

**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 596(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1765, § 3083; renumbered § 7083, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7083 was renumbered .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## 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 .