10 U.S.C. § 7326 — Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement; regular and reserve commissioned officers

For the purpose of determining whether an officer^* of the Army^* may be retired under section 7311, 7318, or 7324 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding—

For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer^* of the Regular Army in the Medical Corps may be retired under section 7311, 7318, or 7324 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding to his service under subsection (a) all service performed as a contract surgeon, acting assistant surgeon, or contract physician, under a contract to serve full time and to take and change station as ordered.

For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer of the Regular Army in the Dental Corps may be retired under section 7311, 7318, or 7324 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding to his service under subsection (a) all service as a contract dental surgeon or acting dental surgeon.

For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer of the Army Nurse Corps or the Army Medical Specialist Corps may be retired under section 7311 of this title, all service computed under section 3683 ¹ of this title shall be treated as if it were service as a commissioned officer.

Section 972(b) of this title excludes from computation of an officer’s years of service for purposes of this section any time identified with respect to that officer under that section.