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LegalText 10 U.S.C. § 636 Retirement for years of service: regular and Space Force officers in grades above brigadier general; regular Navy officers in grades above rear admiral (lower half) us united_states_code code_section 10 ARMED FORCES 36 PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST 636 10 U.S.C. § 636 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc10@119-100.zip /us/usc/t10/s636 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-10/usc10.xml 6f4a22f2f37480b0467aec32a1205c38c7775da3b8a29e24b23c8a593a422850 06a2679d38355c44f4219c983fdad34009233205d6ba271593a4c1b17a739ec1 1340c70d54741b3bac9bdebf2ba1b99004a5e9dd9ecbab33477ec782179ffcc9 2026-07-04 official
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10 U.S.C. § 636 - Retirement for years of service: regular and Space Force officers in grades above brigadier general; regular Navy officers in grades above rear admiral (lower half)

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(a) Major Generals and Rear Admirals Serving in Grade.— (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and 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 major general, and each officer of the Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of rear admiral, 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 35 years of active commissioned service, whichever is later.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of major general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired as specified in paragraph (1).

(b) Lieutenant Generals and Vice Admirals.— In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 38 years.

(c) Generals and Admirals.— In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of general or admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 40 years.

(Added Pub. L. 96513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2863; amended Pub. L. 98525, title XIV, § 1405(14), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 10585, div. A, title V, § 506(a), (b), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1726; Pub. L. 114328, div. A, title V, § 505(b)(4), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2108; Pub. L. 116283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(4)(G), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3822; Pub. L. 11831, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(b)(6)(D), (E)(iv), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 669, 670.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments2023—Pub. L. 11831, § 1722(b)(6)(E)(iv), substituted “and Space Force officers in grades above brigadier general; regular Navy officers in grades above” for “officers in grades above brigadier general and” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 11831, § 1722(b)(6)(D), designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted “or Regular Marine Corps” for “Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force”, and added par. (2). 2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116283 substituted “Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force” for “or Regular Marine Corps”. 2016—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114328 inserted “or 637a” after “637(b)”. 1997—Pub. L. 10585, § 506(b), substituted “regular officers in grades above brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half)” for “regular major generals and rear admirals” in section catchline. Pub. L. 10585, § 506(a), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and” for “Except as provided”, and added subsecs. (b) and (c). 1984—Pub. L. 98525 substituted “35” for “thirty-five”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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. 96513, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.