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title: "14 U.S.C. § 2306"
description: "Voluntary retirement after twenty years service"
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# 14 U.S.C. § 2306 - Voluntary retirement after twenty years service
## Text
Any enlisted member who has completed twenty years service may, upon his own application, in the discretion of the Commandant, be retired from active service.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 521, § 355; Pub. L. 98557, § 15(a)(3)(A), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865; Pub. L. 99348, title II, § 205(b)(8), July 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 700; renumbered § 2306, Pub. L. 115282, title I, § 113(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4221.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 185a (May 24, 1939, ch. 146, § 2, 53 Stat. 755). Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
Editorial Notes
Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115282 renumbered section 355 of this title as this section. 1986—Pub. L. 99348 struck out “, with retired pay of the grade or rating with which retired” after “active service”. 1984—Pub. L. 98557 substituted reference to enlisted member for reference to enlisted man.