2016 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle D - Air Force
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 869 - Retired Grade
Sec. 8963 - Highest grade held satisfactorily: Reserve enlisted members reduced in grade not as a result of the member's misconduct
| 10 U.S.C. § 8963 (2016) |
| §8963. Highest grade held satisfactorily: Reserve enlisted members reduced in grade not as a result of the member's misconduct |
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(a) A Reserve enlisted member of the Air Force described in subsection (b) who is retired under section 8914 of this title shall be retired in the highest enlisted grade in which the member served on active duty satisfactorily (or, in the case of a member of the National Guard, in which the member served on full-time National Guard duty satisfactorily), as determined by the Secretary of the Air Force. (b) This section applies to a Reserve enlisted member who— (1) at the time of retirement is serving on active duty (or, in the case of a member of the National Guard, on full-time National Guard duty) in a grade lower than the highest enlisted grade held by the member while on active duty (or full-time National Guard duty); and (2) was previously administratively reduced in grade not as a result of the member's own misconduct, as determined by the Secretary of the Air Force. (c) This section applies with respect to Reserve enlisted members who are retired under section 8914 of this title after September 30, 1996. |
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(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, §532(c)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2519.) |
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PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 8963, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 555; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–861, §1(156), (198), 72 Stat. 1513, 1541; Dec. 12, 1980, Pub. L. 96–513, title V, §504(21), 94 Stat. 2917, related to higher grade for service during certain periods for regular and reserve commissioned officers, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, §1301(d)(2)(A), (C), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 736, with such repeal not applicable in the case of an Air Force nurse or medical specialist described in section 8963 of this title, as such section was in effect on the day before Nov. 8, 1985. |
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| Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle D - Air Force PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 869 - RETIRED GRADE Sec. 8963 - Highest grade held satisfactorily: Reserve enlisted members reduced in grade not as a result of the member's misconduct |
| section 8963 |
| 2016 |
| January 6, 2017 |
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| standard |
| 72 Stat. 1513 94 Stat. 2917 99 Stat. 736 110 Stat. 2519 |
| Public Law 85-861, Public Law 96-513, Public Law 99-145, Public Law 104-201 |
