---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stC/ptIII/ch853"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 853"
heading: "United States Naval Academy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stC-ptIII-ch853"
sections_count: 34
---

# Chapter 853 — United States Naval Academy

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › Part III — Education and Training

## Sections

- [§8451. Location](/usc/10/8451.md)
- [§8451a. Superintendent](/usc/10/8451a.md)
- [§8451b. Director of admissions](/usc/10/8451b.md)
- [§8452. Civilian teachers: number; compensation](/usc/10/8452.md)
- [§8453. Midshipmen: appointment](/usc/10/8453.md)
- [§8454. Midshipmen: appointment; numbers, territorial distribution](/usc/10/8454.md)
- [§8454a. Midshipmen: nomination in event of death, resignation, or expulsion from office of Member of Congress otherwise authorized to nominate](/usc/10/8454a.md)
- [§8455. Midshipmen: allotment upon redistricting of Congressional Districts](/usc/10/8455.md)
- [§8456. Midshipmen: nomination and selection to fill vacancies](/usc/10/8456.md)
- [§8458. Midshipmen: qualifications for admission](/usc/10/8458.md)
- [§8459. Midshipmen: service obligation](/usc/10/8459.md)
- [§8460. Midshipmen: clothing and equipment; uniform allowance](/usc/10/8460.md)
- [§8461. Midshipmen: dismissal for best interests of the service](/usc/10/8461.md)
- [§8462. Midshipmen: discharge for unsatisfactory conduct or inaptitude](/usc/10/8462.md)
- [§8463. Midshipmen: discharge for deficiency](/usc/10/8463.md)
- [§8464. Hazing: definition; prohibition](/usc/10/8464.md)
- [§8465. Failure to report violation: dismissal](/usc/10/8465.md)
- [§8466. Course of study](/usc/10/8466.md)
- [§8467. Degree on graduation](/usc/10/8467.md)
- [§8468. Board of Visitors](/usc/10/8468.md)
- [§8469. Band: composition](/usc/10/8469.md)
- [§8470. Permanent professors: promotion](/usc/10/8470.md)
- [§8470a. Permanent professors: retirement for years of service; authority for deferral](/usc/10/8470a.md)
- [§8471. Midshipmen’s store, trade shops, dairy, and laundry: nonappropriated fund instrumentality and accounts](/usc/10/8471.md)
- [§8472. Chapel: crypt and window spaces](/usc/10/8472.md)
- [§8473. Gifts, bequests, and loans of property: acceptance for benefit and use of Naval Academy](/usc/10/8473.md)
- [§8474. United States Naval Academy Museum Fund: references to Fund](/usc/10/8474.md)
- [§8475. Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for major projects](/usc/10/8475.md)
- [§8476. Operation of Naval Academy dairy farm](/usc/10/8476.md)
- [§8477. Grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes: acceptance; authorized grantees](/usc/10/8477.md)
- [§8478. Mixed-funded athletic and recreational extracurricular programs: authority to manage appropriated funds in same manner as nonappropriated funds](/usc/10/8478.md)
- [§8479. Midshipmen: charges and fees for attendance; limitation](/usc/10/8479.md)
- [§8480. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence](/usc/10/8480.md)
- [§8481. Support of athletic and physical fitness programs](/usc/10/8481.md)