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(a) Prohibition on Counting Enlisted Service Performed While at
Service Academy or in Navy Reserve. - The period of service under
an enlistment or period of obligated service while also performing
service as a cadet or midshipman or serving as a midshipman in the
Navy Reserve may not be counted in computing, for any purpose, the
length of service of an officer of an armed force or an officer in
the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service.
(b) Prohibition on Counting Service as a Cadet or Midshipman. -
In computing length of service for any purpose, service as a cadet
or midshipman may not be credited to any of the following officers:
(1) An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps.
(2) A commissioned officer of the Army or Air Force.
(3) An officer of the Coast Guard.
(4) An officer in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health
Service.
(c) Service as a Cadet or Midshipman Defined. - In this section,
the term "service as a cadet or midshipman" means -
(1) service as a cadet at the United States Military Academy,
United States Air Force Academy, or United States Coast Guard
Academy; or
(2) service as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy.