10 USC § 9449 - Cadets: organization; service; instruction

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title: "10 USC § 9449 - Cadets: organization; service; instruction"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9449"
section_name: "Cadets: organization; service; instruction"
chapter_number: 953
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "TRAINING"
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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. 566, § 9349; renumbered § 9449, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(a)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(d)(12), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3815.)"
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# § 9449. Cadets: organization; service; instruction

**(a)** A cadet shall perform duties at such places and of such type as the President may direct.

**(b)** The course of instruction at the Academy is four years.

**(c)** The Secretary of the Air Force shall so arrange the course of studies at the Academy that cadets are not required to pursue their studies on Sunday.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 566, § 9349; renumbered § 9449, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(a)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(d)(12), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3815.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 9349(a) | 10:1102. | R.S. 1322. |
| 9349(b) | 10:1043. | R.S. 1323. |
| 9349(c)9349(d) | 10:1044.10:1105. | Mar. 30, 1920, ch. 112 (1st par., less provisos, under “Miscellaneous”), 41 Stat. 548.R.S. 1324. |

In subsection (a), the word “commissioned” is inserted for clarity. 10:1105 (2d sentence) is omitted as obsolete.

In subsection (b), the word “perform” is substituted for the words “be subject at all times to do”. The words “of such type” are substituted for the words “on such service”.

In subsection (e), the words “members of the Air Force” are substituted for the words “private soldier, noncommissioned officer, and officer”. The words “taught and” are omitted as surplusage. 10:1105 (less 1st 18 words of last sentence) is omitted as inapplicable to the Air Force.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (d).  struck out subsec. (d) which read as follows: “Cadets shall be trained in the duties of members of the Air Force.”

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 .