Enlisted members: required to make up time lost

§ 8638. Enlisted members: required to make up time lost An enlisted member of the Air Force who— (1) deserts; (2) is absent from his organization, station, or duty for more than one day without authority; (3) is confined for more than one day while awaiting trial and disposition of his case, and whose conviction has become final; (4) is confined for more than one day under a sentence that has become final; or (5) is unable for more than one day to perform his duties because of intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquor, or because of disease or injury resulting from his misconduct; is liable, after his return to full duty, to serve for a period that, when added to the period that he served before his absence from duty, amounts to the term of his enlistment.