---
type: "LegalText"
title: "10 U.S.C. § 1411"
description: "Rules of construction"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
chapter_number: "71"
chapter_name: "COMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY"
section: "1411"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1411"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc10@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1411"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-10/usc10.xml"
source_hash: "cb5217223725bbef89d6950c798cd6f2acd9d6c3782bb3be6a1aeaffd4aadc47"
raw_snapshot_hash: "06a2679d38355c44f4219c983fdad34009233205d6ba271593a4c1b17a739ec1"
text_hash: "e1ba349026aa5292ddbf0968e08de45f7bee1f6575877a44dadcf6e6ac77f22e"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 10 U.S.C. § 1411 - Rules of construction

## Text

(a) Construction of “First Became a Member”.— For purposes of this chapter and other provisions of law providing for computation of retired or retainer pay of members of the uniformed services, a person shall be considered to first become a member of a uniformed service on the date the person is first enlisted, inducted, or appointed in a uniformed service.

(b) References in Tables.— Section references in tables in this chapter are to sections of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 99–348, title I, § 105, July 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 691.)