Alabama § 31-1-9 Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps

Alabama Statutes

§ 31-1-9 — Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps

Alabama § 31-1-9

Title 31Military Affairs and Civil Defense

Ch. 1General Provisions

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 31-1-9 (2026).

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(a)The United States has eight uniformed federal services that commission officers under Title 10 of the United States Code, consisting of the six Armed Forces of the United States (United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Air Force, United States Coast Guard, and the United States Space Force) along with the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps.

(b)Officers of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps have uniforms, service insignia, and commissioning devices comparable to the United States Armed Forces, may be militarized by the President, and can be classified as prisoners o

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(a) The United States has eight uniformed federal services that commission officers under Title 10 of the United States Code, consisting of the six Armed Forces of the United States (United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Air Force, United States Coast Guard, and the United States Space Force) along with the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps.
(b) Officers of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps have uniforms, service insignia, and commissioning devices comparable to the United States Armed Forces, may be militarized by the President, and can be classified as prisoners of war if captured by a belligerent entity. They are paid on the same scale as members of the United States Armed Forces, with respective rank and time-in-grade.
(c) All verbal and written collective references to the United States Uniformed Services shall include the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps.