United States Code Title 10 — Armed Forces

§ 9452. Cadets: hazing

§ 9452.

Cadets: hazing

(a)

Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Superintendent of the Academy shall issue regulations—

(1)

defining hazing;

(2)

designed to prevent that practice; and

(3)

prescribing dismissal, suspension, or other adequate punishment for violations.

(b)

If a cadet who is charged with violating a regulation issued under subsection (a), the penalty for which is or may be dismissal from the Academy, requests in writing a trial by a general court-martial, he may not be dismissed for that offense except under sentence of such a court.

(c)

A cadet dismissed from the Academy for hazing may not be reappointed as a cadet, and is ineligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in a regular component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, or in the Space Force, until two years after the graduation of his class.