12 2 STA T .4 44 7PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 417 —O CT. 14 , 200 8‘ ‘ (i)forun u s u alpe rsonal reasons , in c lu d in g e xt re m e h ardship and medical conditions, b e y ond the control of the officer or the armed forces
or ‘‘(ii) to another j oint duty assignment immediately after — ‘‘( I ) the officer w as promoted to a higher grade, if the reassignment was made because no joint duty assignment was a v ailable within the same organi z ation that was commensurate with the offi - cer ’ s new grade; or ‘‘(II) the officer’s position was eliminated in a reorganization . ’’; and ( 2 ) by stri k ing paragraph ( 3 ) and inserting the following new paragraph (3)
‘‘(3) S ervice in a joint duty assignment in a case in which the officer’s tour of duty in that assignment brings the officer’s accrued service for purposes of subsection (f)(3) to the applicable standard prescribed in subsection (a).’’. (b) COMPUTINGAVERA GE L ENGT H O FJ OINT D UT Y A S SIGN- MENTS.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended by striking para- graph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph (2): ‘‘(2) In computing the average length of joint duty assignments for purposes of paragraph ( 1 ), the Secretary may exclude the fol- lowing service: ‘‘(A) Service described in subsection (c). ‘‘( B ) Service described in subsection (d). ‘‘(C) Service described in subsection (f)( 6 ).’’. (c) COMP L ETION OF T OUR OF DUTY.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Cumulative service’’ and inserting ‘‘Accrued joint experience’’; (2) in paragraph ( 4 ), by striking ‘‘(except’’ and all that follows through ‘‘any time)’’; and (3) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following new paragraph (6): ‘‘(6) A second and subse q uent joint duty assignment that is less than the period required under subsection (a), but not less than two years.’’. (d) A C CRUE D JOINT EX PERIENCE AS F ULL TOUR OF DUTY.— Subsection (g) of such section is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(g) ACCRUED JOINT EXPERIENCE.—For the purposes of sub- section (f)(3), the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, by regulation, certain joint experience, such as temporary duty in joint assign- ments, joint individual training, and participation in joint exercises, that may be aggregated to equal a full tour of duty. The Secretary shall prescribe the regulations with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.’’. (e) CONSTRUCTIVE CREDIT.—Subsection (h) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (f)(1), (f)(2), (f)(4), or (g)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (f)’’; and (2) by striking paragraph (3). (f) R EPEAL OF JOINT DUTY CREDIT FOR CERTAIN JOINT TAS K FORCE ASSIGNMENTS.—Such section is further amended by striking subsection (i).
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