---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptII/ch31"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 31"
heading: "Enlistments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch31"
sections_count: 23
---

# Chapter 31 — Enlistments

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle A — General Military Law › Part II — Personnel

## Sections

- [§501. Definition](/usc/10/501.md)
- [§502. Enlistment oath: who may administer](/usc/10/502.md)
- [§503. Enlistments: recruiting campaigns; compilation of directory information](/usc/10/503.md)
- [§504. Persons not qualified](/usc/10/504.md)
- [§505. Regular components: qualifications, term, grade](/usc/10/505.md)
- [§506. Regular components: extension of enlistments during war](/usc/10/506.md)
- [§507. Extension of enlistment for members needing medical care or hospitalization](/usc/10/507.md)
- [§508. Reenlistment: qualifications](/usc/10/508.md)
- [§509. Voluntary extension of enlistments: periods and benefits](/usc/10/509.md)
- [§510. Enlistment incentives for pursuit of skills to facilitate national service](/usc/10/510.md)
- [§511. College First Program](/usc/10/511.md)
- [§512. Renumbered § 12104](/usc/10/512.md)
- [§513. Enlistments: Delayed Entry Program](/usc/10/513.md)
- [§514. Bounties prohibited; substitutes prohibited](/usc/10/514.md)
- [§515. Reenlistment after discharge as warrant officer](/usc/10/515.md)
- [§516. Effect upon enlisted status of acceptance of appointment as cadet or midshipman](/usc/10/516.md)
- [§517. Authorized enlisted end strength: members in pay grades E–8 and E–9](/usc/10/517.md)
- [§518. Temporary enlistments](/usc/10/518.md)
- [§519. Temporary enlistments: during war or emergency](/usc/10/519.md)
- [§520. Limitation on enlistment and induction of persons whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is below a prescribed level](/usc/10/520.md)
- [§520a. Repealed.](/usc/10/520a.md)
- [§520b. Applicants for enlistment: authority to use funds for the issue of authorized articles](/usc/10/520b.md)
- [§520c. Recruiting functions: provision of meals and refreshments](/usc/10/520c.md)