---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9239"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9239"
heading: "Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9239"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 929 — Miscellaneous Prohibitions and Penalties"
---

# §9239. Enlisted members: officers not to use as servants


No [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Air Force or the Space Force may use an [enlisted member](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-6) of the Air Force or the Space Force as a servant.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 533, § 8639; renumbered § 9239, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(8), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3811.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 8639 | 10:608. | R.S. 1232. |

The words “in any case whatever” are omitted as surplusage.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “or the Space Force” after “Air Force” in two places.

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8639 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.