Officer candidate training program: members enrolled as naval aviation officer candidates; instruction; pay; allowances

§ 6905. Officer candidate training program: members enrolled as naval aviation officer candidates; instruction; pay; allowances (a) The Secretary of the Navy may enroll in the officer candidate training program and enlist as a seaman recruit in the Naval Reserve any eligible person who is a high school graduate or has the equivalent education, but who is ineligible under section 6906 of this title for appointment as a midshipman in the Regular Navy, if he will be under 22 years of age on December 31 of the calendar year in which he becomes eligible for appointment as a midshipman under that section. Each seaman recruit so enlisted shall— (1) attend an accredited college or university authorized by the Secretary as a regular student until he satisfactorily completes at least two scholastic years; and (2) participate in such military or civil aviation training activities as the Secretary prescribes. (b) Except while on active duty, a seaman recruit enlisted under this section is entitled to retainer pay at the rate of $50 a month beginning on the day that he starts his first term of college work under this section and ending when his instruction under this section is completed. 423 (c) A seaman recruit enlisted under this section is entitled to the same allowances as are provided for midshipmen at the Naval Academy for— (1) initial travel to the college or university in which matriculated; (2) travel while under orders; and (3) travel on discharge. However, no allowance for travel on discharge may be paid to a discharged seaman recruit who continues his scholastic instruction in the same college or university.