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10 U.S.C. § 771a

Disposition on discharge

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(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), when an enlisted member of an armed force is discharged, the exterior articles of uniform in his possession that were issued to him, other than those that he may wear from the place of discharge to his home under section 772(d) of this title, shall be retained for military use.(b) When an enlisted member of an armed force is discharged for bad conduct, undesirability, unsuitability, inaptitude, or otherwise than honorably—(1) the exterior articles of uniform in his possession shall be retained for military use;(2) under such regulations as the Secretary concerned prescribes, a suit of civilian clothing and an overcoat when necessary, both to cost not more than $30, may be issued to him; and(3) if he would be otherwise without funds to meet his immediate needs, he may be paid an amount, fixed by the Secretary concerned, of not more than $25.(c) When an enlisted member of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard who has been called into Federal service is released from that service, the exterior articles of uniform in his possession shall be accounted for as property issued to the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, of the State or territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia of whose Army National Guard or Air National Guard he is a member, as prescribed in section 708 of title 32.(Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 8(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 763; amended Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059.)Editorial NotesAmendments

1988—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1987–2018 · leading case: Gay Vets. Ass'n, Inc. v. Sec'y of Def., 668 F. Supp. 11 (D.D.C. 1987).
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Gay Vets. Ass'n, Inc. v. Sec'y of Def., 668 F. Supp. 11 (D.D.C. 1987). “§ 3258 (only Army servicemen who received honorable discharges entitled to automatic retirement); 10 U.S.C. § 771a(b) (provision of clothes and pocket money to servicemen discharged “otherwise than honorably”); 38 U.”
United States v. Bess (N.M.C.C.A. 2018). “201300311 and (3) compliance with 10 U.S.C. § 771a’s requirement that when an enlist- ed servicemember is discharged dishonorably his issued clothing must be retained by the military.”
United States v. Bess (N.M.C.C.A. 2018). “201300311 and (3) compliance with 10 U.S.C. § 771a’s requirement that when an enlist- ed servicemember is discharged dishonorably his issued clothing must be retained by the military.”
— 10 U.S.C. § 771a(b) — 1 case
Gay Vets. Ass'n, Inc. v. Sec'y of Def., 668 F. Supp. 11 (D.D.C. 1987). “§ 3258 (only Army servicemen who received honorable discharges entitled to automatic retirement); 10 U.S.C. § 771a(b) (provision of clothes and pocket money to servicemen discharged “otherwise than honorably”); 38 U.”
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