10 U.S.C. § 647 — Force shaping authority

(a) Authority. Solely to restructure an armed force under the Secretary’s jurisdiction, the Secretary concerned may (1) discharge an officer described in subsection (b), or (2) transfer that officer from the force’s active-duty list to a reserve component’s reserve active-status list. (b) Covered Officers. (1) This authority may be used for an officer other than a Space Force officer who (A) has completed no more than six years as a commissioned armed-forces officer, or (B) has completed more than six years as a commissioned officer but has not completed an applicable minimum service obligation. (2) “Minimum service obligation” means the initial required active-duty period plus any additional required active-duty period incurred during that initial period. This section does not define the term “commissioned officer.” (c) Appointment of Transferred Officers. A Regular Army, Air Force, Navy, or Marine Corps officer transferred to a reserve active-status list under this section must be discharged from the regular component and appointed as a reserve commissioned officer under section 12203. (d) Regulations. The Secretary concerned must issue rules for exercising this authority. (e) Space Force. A similar Space Force provision is in section 20405.