---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 711a"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "711a"
heading: "American National Red Cross: detail of commissioned officers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/711a"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 41 — Special Appointments, Assignments, Details, and Duties"
---

# §711a. American National Red Cross: detail of commissioned officers


[Commissioned officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-2) of the Army, Navy, and Air Force may be detailed for duty with the American National Red Cross, by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) concerned, as follows:

- (1) for duty with the Service to the [Armed Forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) Division—
  - (A) one or more [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Army Medical [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6);
  - (B) one or more [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Medical [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Navy; and
  - (C) one or more [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) selected from among [medical officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-14), [dental officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-15), veterinary [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1), medical service [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1), nurses, and medical specialists of the Air Force; and
- (2) to be in charge of the first-aid [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6)—
  - (A) an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Medical Corps of the Army;
  - (B) an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Medical Corps of the Navy; or
  - (C) a [medical officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-14) of the Air Force.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 4(a)(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 759; amended Pub. L. 90–329, June 4, 1968, 82 Stat. 170; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(21), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2921.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–513 struck out “(a)” before “Commissioned”.

1968—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 90–329 substituted “Army Medical Department” for “Army Medical Service”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.