---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 8462"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "8462"
heading: "Midshipmen: discharge for unsatisfactory conduct or inaptitude"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/8462"
units:
  - "Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps"
  - "Part III — Education and Training"
  - "Chapter 853 — United States Naval Academy"
---

# §8462. Midshipmen: discharge for unsatisfactory conduct or inaptitude

- (a) The Superintendent of the Naval Academy shall submit to the [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) in writing a full report of the facts—
  - (1) whenever the Superintendent determines that the conduct of a midshipman is unsatisfactory; or
  - (2) whenever the Academic Board unanimously determines that midshipman possesses insufficient aptitude to become a [commissioned officer](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-6) in the naval service.
- (b) A midshipman upon whom a report is made under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be given an opportunity to examine the report and submit a written statement thereon. If the [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) believes, on the basis of the report and statement, that the determination of the Superintendent or of the Academic Board is reasonable and well founded, he may discharge the midshipman from the Naval Academy and from the naval service.

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 432, § 6962; renumbered § 8462, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6962 | 34 U.S.C. 1062a. | Dec. 11, 1945, ch. 562, 59 Stat. 605. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6962 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.