2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 36 - Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of Officers on the Active-Duty List
Subchapter III - Failure of Selection for Promotion and Retirement for Years of Service
Sec. 635 - Retirement for years of service: regular brigadier generals and rear admirals (lower half)
10 U.S.C. § 635 (2017) |
§635. Retirement for years of service: regular brigadier generals and rear admirals (lower half) |
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. |
(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.) |
AMENDMENTS
2016—Pub. L. 114–328 inserted "or 637a" after "637(b)". 1985—Pub. L. 99–145 substituted "rear admirals (lower half)" for "commodores" in section catchline and "rear admiral (lower half)" for "commodore" in text. 1984—Pub. L. 98–525 substituted "30" for "thirty". 1981—Pub. L. 97–86 substituted "commodores" for "commodore admirals" in section catchline and "commodore" for "commodore admiral" in text. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 97–86 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 405(f) of Pub. L. 97–86, set out as a note under section 101 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to prescribe regulations under this section effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 101 of this title. |
United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
Bills and Statutes |
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Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 36 - PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST SUBCHAPTER III - FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION AND RETIREMENT FOR YEARS OF SERVICE Sec. 635 - Retirement for years of service: regular brigadier generals and rear admirals (lower half) |
section 635 |
2017 |
January 12, 2018 |
Yes |
standard |
94 Stat. 2863 95 Stat. 1105 98 Stat. 2622 99 Stat. 628 130 Stat. 2108 |
Public Law 96-513, Public Law 97-86, Public Law 98-525, Public Law 99-145, Public Law 114-328 |