Extension: time lost through misconduct or unauthorized absence

§ 5536. Extension: time lost through misconduct or unauthorized absence (a) If an enlisted member of the naval service is unable to perform his duties for a period of more than one day because of injury, sickness, or disease resulting from his intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquor or from other misconduct, his enlistment is extended by the amount of time so lost. (b) An enlisted member of the naval service who for a period of more than one day— (1) is absent from his station and duty without proper authority; (2) is confined under sentence; or (3) is confined while awaiting trial and disposition of his case, if his trial results in conviction; may be permitted to serve after his return to a full duty status for a period that, when added to the time that he served before such absence or confinement, amounts to the full term of his enlistment.