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title: "10 U.S.C. § 20302"
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title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 20302 - Enlisted members: term of enlistment

## Text

(a) Term of Original Enlistments.— The Secretary of the Air Force may accept original enlistments of persons for the duration of their minority or for a period of at least two but not more than eight years in the Space Force.

(b) Term of Reenlistments.— The Secretary of the Air Force may accept a reenlistment in the Space Force for a period determined in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 505(d) of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1717(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 654.)