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10 U.S.C. § 20503 — Removal of officer: action by Secretary upon recommendation of retention board
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The Secretary of the Air Force may remove an officer from space force active status if the removal of such officer from space force active status is recommended by a retention board convened under [section 20502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20502&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The Secretary of the Air Force may remove an officer from space force active status if the removal of such officer from space force active status is recommended by a retention board convened under [section 20502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20502&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Convening of Boards to Consider Officers Required to Show Cause.—** The Secretary of the Air Force shall convene retention boards at such times and places as the Secretary may prescribe to receive evidence and make findings and recommendations as to whether an officer who is required under [section 20501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20501&num=0&edition=prelim) to show cause for retention in a space force active status should be retained in a space force active status. Each retention board shall be composed of not less than three officers having the qualifications prescribed by [section 20506 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20506&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Fair and Impartial Hearing.—** A retention board shall give a fair and impartial hearing to each officer required under [section 20501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20501&num=0&edition=prelim) to show cause for retention in a space force active status.
**(c) Effect of Board Determination That an Officer Has Failed to Establish That the Officer Should Be Retained.—**
(1) If a retention board determines that the officer has failed to establish that the officer should be retained in a space force active status, the board shall recommend to the Secretary of the Air Force one of the following:
(A) That the officer be transferred to an inactive status.
(B) That the officer, if qualified under any provision of law, be retired.
(C) That the officer be discharged from the Space Force.
(2) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, an officer as to whom a retention board makes a recommendation under paragraph
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**(a) General Rule.—** A member of the Space Force who has not completed the required minimum service obligation referred to in [section 20003 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20003&num=0&edition=prelim) shall, if terminating space force active status, be transferred to a space force inactive status and, unless otherwise designated an Individual Ready Guardian under [section 20102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20102&num=0&edition=prelim), shall remain subject to order to active duty without the member’s consent under [section 20106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20106&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Exception.—** Subsection (a) does not apply to a member who is separated from the Space Force by the Secretary of the Air Force under [section 20503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20503&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) In General.—** Each selection board convened under [section 20211 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20211&num=0&edition=prelim) shall submit to the Secretary of the Air Force a written report, signed by each member of the board, containing a list of the names of the officers it recommends for promotion and certifying—
(1) that the board has carefully considered the record of each officer whose name was furnished to it under [section 615 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section615&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) that, in the opinion of a majority of the members of the board, the officers recommended for promotion by the board are best qualified for promotion to meet the needs of the Space Force (as noted in the guidelines or information furnished the board under [section 615(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section615/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) among those officers whose names were furnished to the selection board.
**(b) Officers Who Should Be Required to Show Cause for Retention.—** A selection board convened under [section 20211 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20211&num=0&edition=prelim) shall include in its report the name of any officer before it for consideration for promotion whose record, in the opinion of a majority of the members of the board, indicates that the officer should be required under [section 20503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20503&num=0&edition=prelim) to show cause for the officer’s retention in a space force active status.
**(c) Officers Recommended to Be Placed
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**(a) In General.—** At any time during proceedings under this chapter with respect to the removal of an officer from a space force active status, the Secretary of the Air Force may grant a request by the officer—
(1) for voluntary retirement, if the officer is qualified for retirement; or
(2) for discharge in accordance with subsection (b)(2).
**(b) Retirement or Discharge.—** An officer removed from a space force active status under [section 20503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20503&num=0&edition=prelim) shall—
(1) if eligible for voluntary retirement under any provision of law on the date of such removal, be retired in the grade and with the retired pay for which the officer would be eligible if retired under such provision; and
(2) if ineligible for voluntary retirement under any provision of law on the date of such removal—
(A) be honorably discharged in the grade then held, in the case of an officer whose case was brought under subsection (a) of [section 20501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20501&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) be discharged in the grade then held, in the case of an officer whose case was brought under subsection (b) of [section 20501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20501&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Separation Pay for Discharged Officer.—** An officer who is discharged under subsection (b)(2) is entitled, if eligible therefor, to separation pay under [section 1174(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1174/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Twenty Years or More.—** The Secretary of the Air Force may, upon the officer’s request, retire a commissioned officer of the Space Force who has at least 20 years of service computed under [section 20602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20602&num=0&edition=prelim), at least 10 years of which have been active service as a commissioned officer.
**(b) Thirty Years or More.—** A commissioned officer of the Space Force who has at least 30 years of service computed under [section 20602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20602&num=0&edition=prelim) may be retired upon the officer’s request, in the discretion of the President.
**(c) Forty Years or More.—** Except as provided in [section 20503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20503&num=0&edition=prelim), a commissioned officer of the Space Force who has at least 40 years of service computed under [section 20602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20602&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be retired upon the officer’s request.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 20504
§ 20502. Retention boards
(a) CONVENING OF BOARDS TO CONSIDER OFFI-
CERS REQUIRED TO SHOW CAUSE.—The Secretary
of the Air Force shall convene retention boards
at such times and places as the Secretary may
prescribe to receive evidence and make findings
and recommendations as to whether an officer
who is required under section 20501 of this title
to show cause for retention in a space force ac-
tive status should be retained in a space force
active status. Each retention board shall be
composed of not less than three officers having
the qualifications prescribed by section 20506 of
this title.
(b) FAIR AND IMPARTIAL HEARING.—A retention
board shall give a fair and impartial hearing to
each officer required under section 20501 of this
title to show cause for retention in a space force
active status.
(c) EFFECT OF BOARD DETERMINATION THAT AN
OFFICER HAS FAILED TO ESTABLISH THAT THE OF-
FICER SHOULD BE RETAINED.—
(1) If a retention board determines that the
officer has failed to establish that the officer
should be retained in a space force active sta-
tus, the board shall recommend to the Sec-
retary of the Air Force one of the following:
(A) That the officer be transferred to an
inactive status.
(B) That the officer, if qualified under any
provision of law, be retired.
(C) That the officer be discharged from the
Space Force.
(2) Under regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of the Air Force, an officer as to whom
a retention board makes a recommendation
under paragraph (1) that the officer not be re-
tained in a space force active status may be
required to take leave pending the completion
of the officer’s case under this chapter. The of-
ficer may be required to begin such leave at
any time followin
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