10 USC § 8546 - Officers of foreign countries: admission

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8546"
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title: "10 USC § 8546 - Officers of foreign countries: admission"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8546"
section_name: "Officers of foreign countries: admission"
chapter_number: 855
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL"
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. 438, § 7046; renumbered § 8546, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8546. Officers of foreign countries: admission

**(a)** The Secretary of the Navy, upon authorization of the President, may permit commissioned officers of the military services of foreign countries to receive instruction at the Naval Postgraduate School.

**(b)** Officers receiving instruction under this section are subject to the same regulations governing attendance, discipline, discharge, and standards of study as apply to students who are officers of the United States naval service.

**(c)** No officer of a foreign country is entitled to an appointment in the Navy or the Marine Corps by reason of his completion of the prescribed course of study at the Postgraduate School.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 438, § 7046; renumbered § 8546, 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) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7046 | 34 U.S.C. 1076d. | July 31, 1947, ch. 420, § 5, 61 Stat. 706. |

In subsection (b) the words “rules and” are omitted. The words “United States naval service” are substituted for the words “United States Navy” for uniformity.

In subsection (c) the words “to any office or position” are omitted as surplusage. The words “or Marine Corps” are inserted, as the word “Navy” in this context has been interpreted to include officers of the Marine Corps.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8546, , , required medical officers and contract surgeons to attend families of members of Air Force, prior to repeal by , , .

### 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 .