Lamulo la boma (United States Code, Title 10, Gawo 2683) limafuna akuluakulu omanga asilikali kuti azikhala ndi zaka zofanana monga momwe boma lilili.
Chinthu chokha chokhazikitsa lamulo ili ngati maziko ali pamtunda wa makilomita 50 kuchokera ku Canada kapena Mexico, kapena boma lokhala ndi zaka zochepa zakumwa, mtsogoleri wokhometsa msonkho akhoza kutenga zaka zochepa zakumwa kwa asilikali pamsana. Lamuloli likuphatikizidwanso mu DoD Instruction 1015.10, yomwe imati:
Kusakaniza kwa zaka zochepa pa DoD yosungidwa mu State (kuphatikizapo District of Columbia) ikhale yogwirizana ndi zaka zomwe zimakhazikitsidwa ndi lamulo la boma lija monga zaka zazing'ono zaka zakumwa. Zaka zing'onozing'ono zakumwa zimatanthauza zaka zosachepera za anthu amene angagule, kukhala nawo, kapena kumwa zakumwa zoledzeretsa.
Pankhani yokonza DoD yomwe ili m'mayiko oposa umodzi kapena m'boma limodzi koma pamtunda wa makilomita 50 kuchokera ku boma lina kapena Mexico kapena Canada, zaka zocheperako zakumwa pa DoD zowonongeka zidzakhala zaka zochepa kwambiri za boma limene DoD Kukonzekera kulipo kapena State kapena ulamuliro wa Mexico kapena Canada yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita makumi asanu ndi awiri a kuikidwa kwa DoD.
Miyezi yochepa ya kumwa pa DoD yosungidwa kunja kwa United States idzakhala ndi zaka 18. Zaka zing'onozing'ono zakumwa zakumwa zidzakhazikitsidwa pa mgwirizano wa mayiko ndi mgwirizano komanso pazomwe zikuchitika pompano monga momwe mtsogoleri wokhoza kukhazikitsa. Mtsogoleri wa DoD kuyika akhoza kusunga zomwe zili pamwambapa ngati mkuluyo atsimikiza kuti kukhululukidwa kuli kovomerezeka ndi zochitika zapadera.
Zochitika zapadera ndizochitika zankhondo zosachitika, zomwe sizichitika nthawi zonse, monga gulu, zimagwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu yankhondo yapadera monga kumapeto kwa ntchito ya usilikali kapena tsiku lachiyambi cha kukhazikitsidwa kwa usilikali kapena bungwe. Chochitikacho chiyenera kuchitika pa kukhazikitsidwa kwa asilikali. Mtsogoleriyo azionetsetsa kuti kuyendetsa moyenerera kulipo pofuna kuteteza anthu omwe akugwira ntchito ya usilikali kapena anthu omwe akukhala nawo pafupi.
Ngakhale malamulo ndi DOD Directive amalola kumwa mowa pamunsi ndi omwe ali ndi zaka zoposa 21 ngati maziko ali pamtunda wa makilomita 50 a dziko lomwe limaloleza zaka zochepa zakumwa, Mlembi wa Navy anatulutsa ndondomeko ya Navy (yomwe inkaphatikizapo Nyanja Yam'madzi Corps), yomwe inaletsa kuchita. Mpaka apo, kumwera kwa oyendetsa sitima ndi Marines pamtunda wa makilomita 50 kuchokera ku Mexico (monga Camp Pendleton ) kunali wamba.
Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, ankhondo anatsatizana, akuletsa kumwa mowa pazitsulo zake (monga Fort Bliss , Texas, ndi White Sands Missile Range ) zomwe zinali pafupi ndi Mexico. Air Force sanalole kuti akuluakulu a boma akhazikitse "malamulo a ma kilomita 50." Mu 1997, a Marine Commandant anapanga lamulo loletsa komanso kumwa mowa wokhazikika kwa Marines omwe anali kutsidya lina kukafika ku zaka 21, ngakhale kuti dziko la anthu othawa kwawo linali ndi zaka zazing'ono zoledzera.
Koma mu September 2006, a Corps adatsitsa zaka zakumwa kwa Marines ku Japan kuti awonetse zaka 20 zakumwa zakumwa.
Ponena za ulamuliro wapadera, ndikuyenera kuwonetsa kuti mautumiki onsewa amafuna mtsogoleri wokhometsa msonkho kuti apeze chilolezo chapadera kuchokera ku likulu lawo la utumiki kuti athe kuchepetsa zaka zakumwa pa zochitika zapaderazi.
Mwachitsanzo, ngati Air Force Installation Commander akufuna kuchepetsa zaka zoledzera kuti phwando likondwerere "Tsiku lobadwa" la Air Force, iye amafunikira chilolezo ku ofesi ya mkulu wa asilikali. Chifukwa mkulu wa asilikali angakhale "akutulutsa khosi lawo," (ngati chinachake chikuchitika), pazochitika zanga, chilolezocho sichipempha konse.
Komabe, The Marines akhoza kukhala ndi filosofi yosiyana.
Mu April 2007, Marine Corps Commandant atsegulidwa pa MARADMIN 266/07, kulola Marines wazaka 18 kumwa zakumwa zakunja ngati lamulo la dziko la alendo likuloleza.
Uthengawu umaperekanso "kuwala kobiriwira" kwa olamulira a Marine Corps kuti azichita nawo maphwando pomwe Marines wazaka 18 amamwa, nthawi zina zosavuta, monga kubwerera kwa magulu kumenyana, kapena pa Marine Corps 'Birthday Ball . Lamuloli likulamula kuti olamulira "atsimikizire kuti zoyenera zoyendetsera ntchito zilipo kuti zisawonongeke anthu omwe akugwira nawo ntchito zankhondo kapena asilikali omwe akukhala nawo pafupi."