10 U.S.C. § 651 : US Code - Section 651: Members: required service

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(a) Each person who becomes a member of an armed force, other
than a person deferred under the next to the last sentence of
section 6(d)(1) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C.
App. 456(d)(1)) shall serve in the armed forces for a total initial
period of not less than six years nor more than eight years, as
provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for
the armed forces under his jurisdiction and by the Secretary of
Homeland Security for the Coast Guard when it is not operating as
service in the Navy, unless such person is sooner discharged under
such regulations because of personal hardship. Any part of such
service that is not active duty or that is active duty for training
shall be performed in a reserve component.
(b) Each person covered by subsection (a) who is not a Reserve,
and who is qualified, shall, upon his release from active duty, be
transferred to a reserve component of his armed force to complete
the service required by subsection (a).