2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle E - Reserve Components
Part III - Promotion and Retention of Officers on the Reserve Active-Status List
Chapter 1411 - Additional Provisions Relating to Involuntary Separation
Sec. 14905 - Officer considered for removal: retirement or discharge
| 10 U.S.C. § 14905 (2018) |
| §14905. Officer considered for removal: retirement or discharge |
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(a) Voluntary Retirement or Discharge.—At any time during proceedings under this chapter with respect to the removal of an officer from an active status, the Secretary of the military department concerned may grant a request by the officer— (1) for voluntary retirement, if the officer is qualified for retirement; (2) for transfer to the Retired Reserve if the officer has completed the years of service required for eligibility for retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title and is otherwise eligible for transfer to the Retired Reserve; or (3) for discharge in accordance with subsection (b)(3). (b) Required Retirement or Discharge.—An officer removed from an active status under section 14903 of this title shall— (1) if eligible for voluntary retirement under any provision of law on the date of such removal, be retired in the grade and with the retired pay for which he would be eligible if retired under that provision; (2) if eligible for transfer to the Retired Reserve and has completed the years of service required for retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title, be transferred to the Retired Reserve; and (3) if ineligible for retirement or transfer to the Retired Reserve under paragraph (1) or (2) on the date of such removal— (A) be honorably discharged in the grade then held, in the case of an officer whose case was brought under subsection (a) of section 14902 of this title; or (B) be discharged in the grade then held, in the case of an officer whose case was brought under subsection (b) of section 14902 of this title. (c) Separation Pay.—An officer who is discharged under subsection (b)(3) is entitled, if eligible therefor, to separation pay under section 1174(c) of this title. |
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(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2959.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle E - Reserve Components PART III - PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST CHAPTER 1411 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION Sec. 14905 - Officer considered for removal: retirement or discharge |
| section 14905 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 108 Stat. 2959 |
| Public Law 103-337 |
