10 USC § 8413 - Aviation cadets: appointment as reserve officers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8413"
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title: "10 USC § 8413 - Aviation cadets: appointment as reserve officers"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8413"
section_name: "Aviation cadets: appointment as reserve officers"
chapter_number: 851
chapter_name: "OFFICER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EDUCATION AND TRAINING"
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. 427, § 6913; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(20), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2932; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(O), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233; renumbered § 8413, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8413. Aviation cadets: appointment as reserve officers

**(a)** An aviation cadet who fulfills the requirements of section 2003 of this title may be appointed an ensign in the Navy Reserve or a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve and designated a naval aviator.

**(b)** Aviation cadets who complete their training at approximately the same time are considered for all purposes to have begun their commissioned service on the same date, and the decision of the Secretary of the Navy in this regard is conclusive.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 427, § 6913; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(20), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2932; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(O), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233; renumbered § 8413, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6913(a) | 34 U.S.C. 850f. | Aug. 4, 1942, ch. 547, § 7, 56 Stat. 738. |
| 6913(b) | 34 U.S.C. 850g. | Aug. 4, 1942, ch. 547, § 8, 56 Stat. 738. |

In subsection (a) the proviso is omitted as unnecessary. , , terminated service credit for lump-sum payments granted under , , and thereby removed the only consequences of the proviso. The words “” are substituted for the words “law for designation or appointment as naval aviators” to provide specific reference to those requirements. The words “and designated a naval aviator” are added for clarity and to authorize specifically the designation, which is implied in .

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2006—Subsec. (a).  substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve”.

1980—Subsec. (a).  substituted “section 2003” for “section 6023(b)”.

## 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 .

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .