2013 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law (§§ 101 - 2925)
Part II - PERSONNEL (§§ 501 - 1805)
Chapter 63 - RETIREMENT FOR AGE (§§ 1251 - 1275)
Section 1253 - Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general and flag officer grades; exception

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART II - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 63 - RETIREMENT FOR AGE
Sec. 1253 - Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general and flag officer grades; exception
Containssection 1253
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 109-364, div. A, title V, §502(a), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2176.
Statutes at Large Reference120 Stat. 2176
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 109-364

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Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general and flag officer grades; exception - 10 U.S.C. § 1253 (2013)
§1253. Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general and flag officer grades; exception

(a) General Rule.—Unless retired or separated earlier, each regular commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps serving in a general or flag officer grade shall be retired on the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 64 years of age.

(b) Exception for Officers Serving in O–9 and O–10 Positions.—In the case of an officer serving in a position that carries a grade above major general or rear admiral, the retirement under subsection (a) of that officer may be deferred—

(1) by the President, but such a deferment may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 68 years of age; or

(2) by the Secretary of Defense, but such a deferment may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 66 years of age.

(Added Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, §502(a), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2176.)

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