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10 U.S.C. § 635 — Retirement for years of service: regular and Space Force brigadier generals; regular Navy rear admirals (lower half)

submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-513 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 190 words · no verdicts yet

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Unless specified exceptions apply, certain regular-service generals and Navy rear admirals must retire at the later of five years in grade or 30 years of active commissioned service. The same rule applies to Space Force brigadier generals.

(a) Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Unless section 637(b) or 637a says otherwise, a Regular Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps brigadier general, or a Regular Navy rear admiral (lower half), who is not on a promotion list for major general or rear admiral must, if not retired earlier, retire on the first day of the first month after the fifth anniversary of appointment to that grade or on the first day of the month after completing 30 years of active commissioned service, whichever is later. (b) Space Force. Unless those same exceptions apply, a Space Force brigadier general not on a promotion list for major general must retire as subsection (a) provides.
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(a)Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.—

Except 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 brigadier general, and each officer of the Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of rear admiral (lower half), who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the regular grade of major general or rear admiral, respectively, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the first month beginning after the date of the fifth anniversary of his appointment to that grade or on the first day of the month after the month in which he completes 30 years of active commissioned service, whichever is later.

(b)Space Force.—

Except as provided under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of brigadier general who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of major general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired as specified in subsection (a).

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2863; amended Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 405(b)(1), (5)(A), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1105, 1106; Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1405(13), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 514(b)(1), (5)(A), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 505(b)(3), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2108; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(4)(F), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3822; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(b)(6)(C), (E)(iii), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 669, 670.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-513 · 94 Stat. 2863
  • 1981Amended · Pub. L. 97-86 · 95 Stat. 1105, 1106
  • 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-525 · 98 Stat. 2622
  • 1985Amended · Pub. L. 99-145 · 99 Stat. 628
  • 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2108
  • 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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