10 USC § 7345 - Restoration to former grade: retired warrant officers and enlisted members

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title: "10 USC § 7345 - Restoration to former grade: retired warrant officers and enlisted members"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7345"
section_name: "Restoration to former grade: retired warrant officers and enlisted members"
chapter_number: 743
chapter_name: "RETIRED GRADE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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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. 231, § 3965; Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title V, § 512(d)(1), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1090; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1233(i)(1)(A), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2058; renumbered § 7345 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 808(b)(13), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839, 1840.)"
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# § 7345. Restoration to former grade: retired warrant officers and enlisted members

section 7344 of this title

Each retired warrant officer or enlisted member of the Army who has been advanced on the retired list to a higher commissioned grade under , and who applies to the Secretary of the Army within three months after his advancement, shall, if the Secretary approves, be restored on the retired list to his former warrant officer or enlisted status, as the case may be.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 231, § 3965; Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title V, § 512(d)(1), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1090; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1233(i)(1)(A), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2058; renumbered § 7345 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 808(b)(13), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839, 1840.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3965 | 10:1006. | June 29, 1948, ch. 708, § 204, 62 Stat. 1086. |

The words “hereafter”, “rank or”, and “shall thereafter be deemed to be enlisted or warrant officer personnel, as appropriate, for all purposes” are omitted as surplusage. The words “three months from ” and “whichever is later” are omitted as executed.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7345, added , , , related to submission of annual reports to Armed Services and Appropriations Committees of Senate and House of Representatives addressing aircraft requirements of the Navy, prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

2018—, substituted “section 7344” for “section 3964”.

, renumbered  as this section.

1988— substituted “retired” for “regular” in section catchline.

1987— struck out “Regular” before “Army who”.

## 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 .