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10 U.S.C. § 1405 — Years of service

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10 U.S.C. § 1405 — Years of service

**(a) In General.—** For the purposes of the computation of the years of service of a member of the armed forces under a provision of this title providing for such computation to be made under this section, the years of service of the member are computed by adding— (1) his years of active service; (2) the years of service, not included in clause (1), with which he was entitled to be credited on May 31, 1958, in computing his basic pay; and (3) the years of service, not included in clause (1) or (2), with which he would be entitled to be credited under [section 12733 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12733&num=0&edition=prelim) if he were entitled to retired pay under [section 12731 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12731&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Fractional Years of Service.—** In determining a member’s years of service under subsection (a)— (1) each full month of service that is in addition to the number of full years of service creditable to the member shall be credited as 1⁄12 of a year; and (2) any remaining fractional part of a month shall be disregarded. **(c) Exclusion of Time Required To Be Made Up or Excluded.—** (1) Time required to be made up by an enlisted member of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force under [section 972(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section972/a&num=0&edition=prelim), or required to be made up by an enlisted member of the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard under that section with respect to a period of time after October 5, 1994, may not be counted in determining years of service under subsection (a). (2) [Section 972(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/v

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**(a) In General.—** For the purposes of the computation of the years of service of a member of the armed forces under a provision of this title providing for such computation to be made under this section, the years of service of the member are computed by adding— (1) his years of active service; (2) the years of service, not included in clause (1), with which he was entitled to be credited on May 31, 1958, in computing his basic pay; and (3) the years of service, not included in clause (1) or (2), with which he would be entitled to be credited under [section 12733 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12733&num=0&edition=prelim) if he were entitled to retired pay under [section 12731 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12731&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Fractional Years of Service.—** In determining a member’s years of service under subsection (a)— (1) each full month of service that is in addition to the number of full years of service creditable to the member shall be credited as 1⁄12 of a year; and (2) any remaining fractional part of a month shall be disregarded. **(c) Exclusion of Time Required To Be Made Up or Excluded.—** (1) Time required to be made up by an enlisted member of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force under [section 972(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section972/a&num=0&edition=prelim), or required to be made up by an enlisted member of the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard under that section with respect to a period of time after October 5, 1994, may not be counted in determining years of service under subsection (a). (2) [Section 972(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section972/b&num=0&edition=prelim) excludes from computation of an officer’s years of service for purposes of this section any time identified with respect to that officer under that section.

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10 U.S.C. § 12733 — Computation of retired pay: computation of years of service

For the purpose of computing the retired pay of a person under this chapter, the person’s years of service and any fraction of such a year are computed by dividing 360 into the sum of the following: (1) The person’s days of active service. (2) The person’s days of full-time service under sections 316, 502, 503, 504, and 505 of title 32 while performing annual training duty or while attending a prescribed course of instruction at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary concerned. (3) One day for each point credited to the person under clause (B), (C), (D), or (F) of [section 12732(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), but not more than— (A) 60 days in any one year of service before the year of service that includes September 23, 1996; (B) 75 days in the year of service that includes September 23, 1996, and in any subsequent year of service before the year of service that includes October 30, 2000; (C) 90 days in the year of service that includes October 30, 2000, and in any subsequent year of service before the year of service that includes October 30, 2007; and (D) 130 days in the year of service that includes October 30, 2007, and in any subsequent year of service. (4) One day for each point credited to the person under subparagraph (E) of [section 12732(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim). (5) One day for each point credited to the person under subparagraph (F) of [section 12732(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim). (6) 50 days for each year before Jul

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37 U.S.C. § 101 — Definitions

In addition to the definitions in sections 1–5 of title 1, the following definitions apply in this title: (1) (A) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia. (B) The term “continental United States” means the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia. (2) The term “possessions” includes Guam, American Samoa, and the guano islands. (3) The term “uniformed services” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service. (4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force,and Coast Guard. (5) The term “Secretary concerned” means— (A) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters concerning the Army; (B) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy; (C) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters concerning the Air Force and the Space Force; (D) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy; (E) the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to matters concerning the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (F) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to matters concerning the Public Health Service. (6) The term “National Guard” means the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. (7) The term “Army National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Canal Zone, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that— (A) is a land force; (B)

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10 U.S.C. § 12731 — Age and service requirements

**(a)** Except as provided in subsection (c), a person is entitled, upon application, to retired pay computed under [section 12739 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12739&num=0&edition=prelim), if the person— (1) has attained the eligibility age applicable under subsection (f) to that person; (2) has performed at least 20 years of service computed under [section 12732 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732&num=0&edition=prelim); (3) in the case of a person who completed the service requirements of paragraph (2) before April 25, 2005, performed the last six years of qualifying service while a member of any category named in [section 12732(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12732/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim), but not while a member of a regular component, the Fleet Reserve, or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, except that in the case of a person who completed the service requirements of paragraph (2) before October 5, 1994, the number of years of such qualifying service under this paragraph shall be eight; and (4) is not entitled, under any other provision of law, to retired pay from an armed force or retainer pay as a member of the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve. **(b)** Application for retired pay under this section must be made to the Secretary of the military department, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as the case may be, having jurisdiction at the time of application over the armed force in which the applicant is serving or last served. **(c)** (1) A person who, before August 16, 1945, was a Reserve of an armed force, or a member of the Army without component or other

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6 U.S.C. § 542 — Federal air marshal program

(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security. (2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.

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10 U.S.C. § 972 — Members: effect of time lost

**(a) Enlisted Members Required To Make Up Time Lost.—** An enlisted member of an armed force who— (1) deserts; (2) is absent from his organization, station, or duty for more than one day without proper authority, as determined by competent authority; (3) is confined by military or civilian authorities for more than one day in connection with a trial, whether before, during, or after the trial; or (4) is unable for more than one day, as determined by competent authority, to perform his duties because of intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquor, or because of disease or injury resulting from his misconduct; is liable, after his return to full duty, to serve for a period that, when added to the period that he served before his absence from duty, amounts to the term for which he was enlisted or inducted. **(b) Officers Not Allowed Service Credit for Time Lost.—** In the case of an officer of an armed force who after February 10, 1996— (1) deserts; (2) is absent from his organization, station, or duty for more than one day without proper authority, as determined by competent authority; (3) is confined by military or civilian authorities for more than one day in connection with a trial, whether before, during, or after the trial; or (4) is unable for more than one day, as determined by competent authority, to perform his duties because of intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquor, or because of disease or injury resulting from his misconduct; the period of such desertion, absence, confinement, or inability to perform duties may not be counted in computing, for any purpose other than basic pay under [section 205 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section205&num=0&edition=prelim), the officer’s length of service.

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10 U.S.C. § 611 — Convening of selection boards

**(a)** Whenever the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall convene selection boards to recommend for promotion to the next higher permanent grade, under subchapter II of this chapter, officers on the active-duty list in each permanent grade from first lieutenant through brigadier general in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force and from lieutenant (junior grade) through rear admiral (lower half) in the Navy. The preceding sentence does not require the convening of a selection board in the case of officers in the permanent grade of first lieutenant or, in the case of the Navy, lieutenant (junior grade) when the Secretary concerned recommends for promotion to the next higher grade under [section 624(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section624/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim) all such officers whom the Secretary finds to be fully qualified for promotion. **(b)** Whenever the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the military department concerned may convene selection boards to recommend officers for continuation on active duty under [section 637 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section637&num=0&edition=prelim) or for early retirement under [section 638 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section638&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c)** The convening of selection boards under subsections (a) and (b) shall be under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.

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10 U.S.C. § 10001 — Definition of State

In this subtitle, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.

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10 U.S.C. § 101 — Definitions

**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title: (1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia. (2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.] (3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth. (4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. (5) The term “uniformed services” means— (A) the armed forces; (B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service. (6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments. (7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government. (8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. (9) The term

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10 U.S.C. § 1175 — Voluntary separation incentive

**(a)** (1) Consistent with this section and the availability of appropriations for this purpose, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security may provide a financial incentive to members of the armed forces described in subsection (b) for voluntary appointment, enlistment, or transfer to a reserve component, requested and approved under subsection (c). (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a financial incentive provided a member under this section shall be paid for the period equal to twice the number of years of service of the member, computed as provided in subsection (e)(5). (B) If, before the expiration of the period otherwise applicable under subparagraph (A) to a member receiving a financial incentive under this section, the member is separated from a reserve component or is transferred to the Retired Reserve, the period for payment of a financial incentive to the member under this section shall terminate on the date of the separation or transfer unless— (i) the separation or transfer is required by reason of the age or number of years of service of the member; (ii) the separation or transfer is required by reason of the failure of selection for promotion or the medical disqualification of the member, except in a case in which the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that the basis for the separation or transfer is a result of a deliberate action taken by the member with the intent to avoid retention in the Ready Reserve or Standby Reserve; or (iii) in the case of a separation, the member is separated from the reserve component for appointment or enlistment in or transfer to another reserve component of an armed force for service in the Ready Reserve or Standby Reserve of that ar

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10 U.S.C. § 1401 — Computation of retired pay

**(a) Disability, Non-Regular Service, Warrant Officer, and DOPMA Retirement.—** The monthly retired pay of a person entitled thereto under this subtitle is computed according to the following table. For each case covered by a section of this title named in the column headed “For sections”, retired pay is computed by taking, in order, the steps prescribed opposite it in columns 1, 2, and 3, as modified by the applicable footnotes. Formula No.For sectionsColumn 1 TakeColumn 2 Multiply byColumn 3 Add 1 Before applying percentage factor, credit each full month of service that is in addition to the number of full years of service creditable to the member as one-twelfth of a year and disregard any remaining fractional part of a month. 112011204Retired pay base as computed under section 1406(b) or 1407.As member elects— (1) the retired pay multiplier determined for the member under [section 1409 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1409&num=0&edition=prelim); 1 or (2) the percentage of disability, not to exceed 75%, on date when retired. 212021205Retired pay base as computed under section 1406(b) or 1407.As member elects— (1) the retired pay multiplier determined for the member under [section 1409 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1409&num=0&edition=prelim); 1 or (2) the percentage of disability, not to exceed 75%, on date when his name was placed on temporary disability retired list.Amount necessary to increase product of columns 1 and 2 to 50% of retired pay base upon which computation is based. 4580126312931305Retired pay base as computed under section 1406(b) or 1407.The retired pay multiplier prescribed in section 1409 for the years of service credited to him un

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