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LegalText 10 U.S.C. § 1253 Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general and flag officer grades; exceptions us united_states_code code_section 10 ARMED FORCES 63 RETIREMENT FOR AGE 1253 10 U.S.C. § 1253 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/s1253 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-10/usc10.xml b1e4d9c819d9b0f270598a1a10adcf09921adc2e287fde60163bf28fca45dfe5 06a2679d38355c44f4219c983fdad34009233205d6ba271593a4c1b17a739ec1 58208484d8ca90e91983a547febcef3b6b6249de9e74a53d5db4711794033a56 2026-07-04 official
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10 U.S.C. § 1253 - Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general and flag officer grades; exceptions

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(a) General Rule.— Unless retired or separated earlier, each regular commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force serving in a general or flag officer grade shall be retired on the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 64 years of age.

(b) Exception for Officers Serving in O9 and O10 Positions.— In the case of an officer serving in a position that carries a grade above major general or rear admiral, the retirement under subsection (a) of that officer may be deferred—

(1) by the President, but such a deferment may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 68 years of age; or

(2) by the Secretary of Defense, but such a deferment may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 66 years of age.

(c) Deferred Retirement of Chaplains.— (1) The Secretary of the military department concerned may defer the retirement under subsection (a) of an officer serving in a general or flag officer grade who is the Chief of Chaplains or Deputy Chief of Chaplains of that officers armed force.

(2) A deferment of the retirement of an officer referred to in paragraph (1) may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 68 years of age.

(Added Pub. L. 109364, div. A, title V, § 502(a), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2176; amended Pub. L. 11492, div. A, title V, § 504(a), (b)(1), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 11692, div. A, title V, § 508, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1346; Pub. L. 116283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(3)(V), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3821.)

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Amendments2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116283 substituted “Marine Corps, or Space Force” for “or Marine Corps”. 2019—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 11692 struck out par. (3) which read as follows: “The authority to defer the retirement of an officer referred to in paragraph (1) expires December 31, 2020. Subject to paragraph (2), a deferment granted before that date may continue on and after that date.” 2015—Pub. L. 11492, § 504(b)(1), substituted “Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general and flag officer grades; exceptions” for “Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general and flag officer grades; exception” in section catchline. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 11492, § 504(a), added subsec. (c).