Commissioned officers: original appointment; age limitations

§ 3286. Commissioned officers: original appointment; age limitations (a) No person may be originally appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Army, except under section 3291 or 3294 (a) of this title, if on the date of his appointment he has already passed his— (1) thirty-fourth birthday, for a person appointed as a chaplain; 182 (2) thirty-second birthday, for a person appointed in the Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Veterinary Corps, or Judge Advocate General’s Corps; (3) thirtieth birthday, for a person appointed in the Medical Service Corps; or (4) twenty-seventh birthday, for all other persons. (b) The maximum ages specified in subsection (a) are increased by the period of active commissioned service in the Army after December 31, 1947, and performed after the appointee became 21 years of age and before bis appointment. However, a maximum age is not so increased by more than five years.