10-U.S.C.-9346

§9346 – Cadets: Requirements For Admission

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• Reference: Section 9346
• Legend: §9346 – Cadets: Requirements For Admission
• USCode Year: 2013

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(a) To be eligible for admission to the Academy a candidate must be at least 17 years of age and must not have passed his twenty-third birthday on July 1 of the year in which he enters the Academy.

(b) To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must show, by an examination held under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, that he is qualified in the subjects prescribed by the Secretary.

(c) A candidate designated as a principal or an alternate for appointment as a cadet shall appear for physical examination at a time and place designated by the Secretary.

(d) To be admitted to the Academy, an appointee must take and subscribe to an oath prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force. If a candidate for admission refuses to take and subscribe to the prescribed oath, his appointment is terminated.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 565; Pub. L. 89–718, §47, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1121; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, §555(d), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2527.)

In subsection (a), the words Effective January 1, 1951 are omitted as executed. The word Calendar is omitted as surplusage. The words must not have passed his twenty-second birthday are substituted for the words not more than twenty-two years of age, to make it clear that a person whose twenty-second birthday falls on July 1 of the year of admission is eligible (see opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the Army (JAGA 1952/7083, 2 Sept. 1952)).

In subsection (b), the words is qualified in are substituted for the words to be well versed in. The words To be are substituted for the words before they shall be. The words an appointee must show that he is qualified are substituted for the words shall be required to be well versed. The words from time to time are omitted as surplusage.

In subsection (c), the word shall is substituted for the word may, since the nominee is required to appear for the examination. The word appear is substituted for the words present himself. The words at a place are substituted for the words at West Point, New York, or other prescribed places.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–201 substituted twenty-third birthday for twenty-second birthday.

1966—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89–718 added subsec. (d).

Authority To Waive Maximum Age Limitation on Admission to Service Academies for Certain Enlisted Members Who Served During Persian Gulf War

For authority to waive maximum age limitation in subsec. (a) of this section on basis of service on active duty in connection with Operation Desert Storm, see section 514 of Pub. L. 102–190, set out as a note under section 4346 of this title.

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