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10 U.S.C. § 634 — Retirement for years of service: regular and Space Force colonels; regular Navy captains

submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-513 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 231 words · no verdicts yet

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This section generally requires certain Regular Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space Force officers to retire after 30 years of active commissioned service. It excludes specified limited-duty officers and permanent professors at the Naval Academy.

(a) 30 years of active commissioned service. (1) Unless subsection (b), section 637(b), or section 637a provides otherwise, a Regular Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps officer who is a colonel, or a Regular Navy officer who is a captain, must be retired on the first day of the month after completing 30 years of active commissioned service if the officer has not already retired and is not on a list recommending promotion to brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half), respectively. (2) Under the exceptions in sections 637(b) and 637a, a Space Force colonel who is not on a list recommending promotion to brigadier general must be retired on the first day of the month after completing 30 years of active commissioned service.
(b) Exceptions. Subsection (a) does not apply to (1) a Navy officer designated for limited duty and covered by section 8372(a)(4); or (2) a Navy or Marine Corps officer who is a permanent professor at the United States Naval Academy.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) 30 Years of Active Commissioned Service.—
(1)

Except as provided in subsection (b) and as provided under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps who holds the regular grade of colonel, and each officer of the Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of captain, who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the regular grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half), respectively, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the month in which he completes 30 years of active commissioned service.

(2)

Except as provided under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of colonel who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of brigadier general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the month in which the officer completes 30 years of active commissioned service.

(b)Exceptions.—

Subsection (a) does not apply to the following:

(1)

An officer of the Navy who is designated for limited duty to whom section 8372(a)(4) of this title applies.

(2)

An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who is a permanent professor at the United States Naval Academy.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2862; amended Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 405(b)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1105; Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1405(13), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 514(b)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title V, § 504(b), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2403; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 561(e), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1667; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 504(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2004; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 509(a)(2), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3229; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 505(b)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2108; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1840; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(4)(E), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3822; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(b)(6)(B), (E)(ii), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 669, 670.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-513 · 94 Stat. 2862
  • 1981Amended · Pub. L. 97-86 · 95 Stat. 1105
  • 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-525 · 98 Stat. 2622
  • 1985Amended · Pub. L. 99-145 · 99 Stat. 628
  • 1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-484 · 106 Stat. 2403
  • 1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-160 · 107 Stat. 1667
  • 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-261 · 112 Stat. 2004
  • 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-163 · 119 Stat. 3229
  • 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2108
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1840
  • 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3822
  • 2023Amended · Pub. L. 118-31 · 137 Stat. 669, 670

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-513 on 1980-12-12.

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