Pub. L. 84-737, tit. I, sec. 102

Sec. 102. (a) No person may be appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Army under 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; (2) thirty-second birthday, for a person appointed in the 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. The maximum ages prescribed in this subsection may be increased by a period equal to the years, months, and days credited under section 103 (a) other than clause (1) or (2). (b) No person may be appointed a Regular officer under this title if his age is above that which would permit him to complete twenty years of active commissioned service before he attains his fifty-fifth birthday.