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10 U.S.C. § 1252 — Age 64: permanent professors at academies
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**(a) Mandatory Retirement for Age.—** Unless retired or separated earlier, each regular commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force covered by subsection (b) shall be retired on the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 64 years of age.
**(b) Covered Officers.—** This section applies to the following officers:
(1) An officer who is a permanent professor or the director of admissions of the United States Military Academy.
(2) An officer who is a permanent professor at the United States Naval Academy.
(3) An officer who is a permanent professor or the registrar of the United States Air Force Academy.
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**(a) Mandatory Retirement for Age.—** Unless retired or separated earlier, each regular commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force covered by subsection (b) shall be retired on the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 64 years of age.
**(b) Covered Officers.—** This section applies to the following officers:
(1) An officer who is a permanent professor or the director of admissions of the United States Military Academy.
(2) An officer who is a permanent professor at the United States Naval Academy.
(3) An officer who is a permanent professor or the registrar of the United States Air Force Academy.
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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 (other than an officer covered by [section 1252 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1252&num=0&edition=prelim) or a commissioned warrant officer) serving in a grade below brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half), in the case of an officer in the Navy, shall be retired or separated, as specified in subsection (e), on the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 62 years of age.
**(b) Deferred Retirement or Separation of Health Professions Officers.—**
(1) The Secretary of the military department concerned may, subject to subsection (d), defer the retirement or separation under subsection (a) of a health professions officer if during the period of the deferment the officer—
(A) will be performing duties consisting primarily of providing patient care or performing other clinical duties; or
(B) is in a category of officers designated under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) whose duties will consist primarily of the duties described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of such subparagraph.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, a health professions officer is—
(A) a medical officer;
(B) a dental officer;
(C) an officer in the Army Nurse Corps, an officer in the Navy Nurse Corps, or an officer in the Air Force designated as a nurse; or
(D) an officer in a category of officers designated by the Secretary of the military department concerned for the purposes of this paragraph as consisting of officers whose duties consist primarily of—
(i) providing health care;
(ii) performing other clinical care; or
(iii) pe
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**(a) Retirement for Years of Service.—**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps serving as a permanent professor at the Naval Academy in the grade of commander or lieutenant colonel who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of captain or colonel, as the case may be, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the month in which the officer completes 28 years of active commissioned service.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps serving as a permanent professor at the Naval Academy in the grade of captain or colonel who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half) or brigadier general, as the case may be, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the month in which the officer completes 30 years of active commissioned service.
**(b) Continuation on Active Duty.—**
(1) An officer subject to retirement under subsection (a) may have his retirement deferred and be continued on active duty by the Secretary of the Navy.
(2) Subject to [section 1252 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1252&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary of the Navy shall determine the period of any continuation on active duty under this section.
**(c) Eligibility for Promotion.—** A permanent professor at the Naval Academy in the grade of commander or lieutenant colonel who is continued on active duty as a permanent professor under subsection (b) remains eligible for consideration for promotion to the grade of captain or colonel, as the case may be.
**(d) Retired Grade and Retired Pay.—** Each officer retired un
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 1263
DEFERRAL OF RETIREMENT DATE FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VII, § 704, Sept. 29, 1988,
102 Stat. 1996, provided that the President could defer
until Oct. 1, 1989, the retirement of the officer serving
as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the term
which began on October 1, 1987, notwithstanding the
limitation contained in former section 1251(b) of this
title.
TRANSITION PROVISIONS UNDER DEFENSE OFFICER
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ACT
For provision that this section not apply to any offi-
cer who on the effective date of this Act [Sept. 15, 1981]
was on active duty in a grade above general, see section
632 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 611
of this title.
§ 1252. Age 64: permanent professors at acad-
emies
(a) MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE.—Unless
retired or separated earlier, each regular com-
missioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marine Corps, or Space Force covered by sub-
section (b) shall be retired on the first day of the
month following the month in which the officer
becomes 64 years of age.
(b) COVERED OFFICERS.—This section applies to
the following officers:
(1) An officer who is a permanent professor
or the director of admissions of the United
States Military Academy.
(2) An officer who is a permanent professor
at the United States Naval Academy.
(3) An officer who is a permanent professor
or the registrar of the United States Air Force
Academy.
(Added Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 509(c)(1),
Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3230; amended Pub. L.
116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(3)(U), Jan. 1, 2021,
134 Stat. 3821.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘Marine
Corps, or Space Forc
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