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title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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chapter_name: "SEPARATION OF OFFICERS FOR SUBSTANDARD PERFORMANCE OF DUTY OR FOR CERTAIN OTHER REASONS"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 20503 - Removal of officer: action by Secretary upon recommendation of retention board

## Text

The Secretary of the Air Force may remove an officer from space force active status if the removal of such officer from space force active status is recommended by a retention board convened under section 20502 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1719, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 661.)