Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 8432

Recruit basic training: privacy

The Secretary of the Navy shall require that access by recruit division commanders and other training personnel to a living area in which Navy recruits are housed during basic training shall be limited after the end of the training day, other than in the case of an emergency or other exigent circumstance, to recruit division commanders and other training personnel who are of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area or to superiors in the chain of command of those recruits who, if not of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area, are accompanied by a member (other than a recruit) who is of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area.

Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 522(b)(1)112 Stat. 2012Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1)132 Stat. 1836(Added , , , § 6932; renumbered § 8432, , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 20794 Stat. 2884Prior sections 8441 and 8442 were repealed by , , , effective .

act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 521Section 8441, , , provided that temporary appointments be made only in the Air Force without specification of component.

act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 521section 601 of this titleSection 8442, , , provided that a regular commissioned officer, or a reserve commissioned officer who is serving on active duty, may be appointed, based upon ability and efficiency with regard being given to seniority and age, in a temporary grade that is equal to or higher than his regular or reserve grade, without vacating any other grade held by him. See .

act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 522Pub. L. 85–861, § 36B(25)72 Stat. 1571A prior section 8443, , , related to grade of reserve commissioned officers ordered to active duty or serving on active duty, prior to repeal by , , .

Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 20794 Stat. 2884Prior sections 8444 and 8445 were repealed by , , , effective .

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 522Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(180)(A)72 Stat. 1532section 8294(b) of this titlesection 603 of this titleSection 8444, acts , ; , , , authorized President, in time of war or national emergency, to appoint any qualified person, including a person who is not a Regular or Reserve, in any temporary grade, provided for vacation of the appointment, and permitted, for purposes of determining grade, position on a promotion list, seniority in temporary grade, and eligibility for promotion, a medical or dental officer of the Air Force who is appointed in a temporary grade to be credited, when he enters active duty, with the constructive service authorized by . See .

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 522Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(180)(B)72 Stat. 1532section 603 of this titleSection 8445, acts , ; , , , provided that in addition to temporary appointments authorized, in time of war or national emergency, a regular officer or a reserve warrant officer may be appointed in any temporary grade higher than his regular or reserve grade, without vacating that grade, or a person who holds no commissioned grade in Regular Air Force be appointed in any temporary commissioned grade. See .

section 9176 of this titleA prior section 8446 was renumbered .

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 523Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(180)(D)72 Stat. 1532Pub. L. 92–129, title VI, § 60485 Stat. 362Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 20794 Stat. 2884section 601 of this titleA prior section 8447, acts , ; , , ; , , , provided that temporary appointment of a person be made without reference to any other appointment that he may hold in the Air Force, temporary appointments of commissioned officers in the Regular Air Force be made by the President alone in grades below lieutenant colonel and by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, in grades of lieutenant colonel and above, temporary appointments of commissioned officers in the reserve components of the Air Force be made by the President alone in grades below lieutenant colonel and by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, in grades above major, and that the President may vacate at any time a temporary appointment in a commissioned grade, prior to repeal by , , , effective . See .

Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 20894 Stat. 2884Prior sections 8448 and 8449 were repealed by , , , effective .

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 523Pub. L. 85–603, § 1(4)72 Stat. 526Pub. L. 85–861, § 33(a)(39)72 Stat. 1566section 602 of this titleSection 8448, acts , ; , , ; , , , authorized Secretary of the Air Force, upon his determination of need, to appoint qualified persons as warrant officers, with such appointments to continue at pleasure of Secretary, and such warrant officers entitled to count all periods of active duty under appointment as warrant or enlisted service for all purposes and to benefits of all laws and regulations applicable to retirement, pensions, and disability of members of Air Force on active duty. See .

act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 523section 602 of this titleSection 8449, , , provided that temporary promotions in warrant officer grades be governed by such regulations as the Secretary of the Air Force prescribe. See .

act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 523Pub. L. 90–235, § 3(b)(1)81 Stat. 758A prior section 8450, , , provided for suspension of laws for promotion or mandatory retirement or separation during war or emergency of temporary warrant officers of Air Force, prior to repeal by , , .

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–232section 6932 of this title2018— renumbered as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

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

Implementation

Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 522(b)(3)112 Stat. 2013

“The Secretary of the Navy shall implement section 6932 [now 8432] of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), as rapidly as feasible and shall ensure that the provisions of that section are applied to all recruit basic training classes beginning not later than the first such class that enters basic training on or after .”
, , , provided that: