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10 U.S.C. § 636 — Retirement for years of service: regular and Space Force officers in grades above brigadier general; regular Navy officers in grades above rear admiral (lower half)
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**(a) Major Generals and Rear Admirals Serving in Grade.—**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps who holds the regular grade of major general, and each officer of the Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of rear admiral, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the first month beginning after the date of the fifth anniversary of his appointment to that grade or on the first day of the month after the month in which he completes 35 years of active commissioned service, whichever is later.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of major general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired as specified in paragraph (1).
**(b) Lieutenant Generals and Vice Admirals.—** In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 38 years.
**(c) Generals and Admirals.—** In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of general or admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 40 years.
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**(a) Major Generals and Rear Admirals Serving in Grade.—**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps who holds the regular grade of major general, and each officer of the Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of rear admiral, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the first month beginning after the date of the fifth anniversary of his appointment to that grade or on the first day of the month after the month in which he completes 35 years of active commissioned service, whichever is later.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of major general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired as specified in paragraph (1).
**(b) Lieutenant Generals and Vice Admirals.—** In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 38 years.
**(c) Generals and Admirals.—** In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of general or admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 40 years.
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**(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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**(a) Products for Which Federal Prison Industries Does Not Have Significant Market Share.—**
(1) Before purchasing a product listed in the latest edition of the Federal Prison Industries catalog under [section 4124(d) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section4124/d&num=0&edition=prelim) for which Federal Prison Industries does not have a significant market share, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct market research to determine whether the product is comparable to products available from the private sector that best meet the needs of the Department in terms of price, quality, and time of delivery.
(2) If the Secretary determines that a Federal Prison Industries product described in paragraph (1) is not comparable in price, quality, or time of delivery to products of the private sector that best meets the needs of the Department in terms of price, quality, and time of delivery, the Secretary shall use competitive procedures for the procurement of the product, or shall make an individual purchase under a multiple award contract in accordance with the competition requirements applicable to such contract. In conducting such a competition, the Secretary shall consider a timely offer from Federal Prison Industries.
**(b) Products for Which Federal Prison Industries Has Significant Market Share.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may purchase a product listed in the latest edition of the Federal Prison Industries catalog for which Federal Prison Industries has a significant market share only if the Secretary uses competitive procedures for the procurement of the product or makes an individual purchase under a multiple award contract in accordance with the competition requirements applicable to such contract. In conducting suc
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**(a)** The seal, emblem, and initials of the United States Marine Corps shall be deemed to be insignia of the United States.
**(b)** No person may, except with the written permission of the Secretary of the Navy, use or imitate the seal, emblem, name, or initials of the United States Marine Corps in connection with any promotion, goods, services, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably tending to suggest that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Marine Corps or any other component of the Department of Defense.
**(c)** Whenever it appears to the Attorney General of the United States that any person is engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by subsection (b), the Attorney General may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. Such court may, at any time before final determination, enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such other action as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United States or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the action is brought.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 636
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to
prescribe regulations under this section effective on
Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as
an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under sec-
tion 101 of this title.
§ 636. Retirement for years of service: regular
and Space Force officers in grades above
brigadier general; regular Navy officers in
grades above rear admiral (lower half)
(a) MAJOR
GENERALS
AND
REAR
ADMIRALS
SERVING
IN GRADE.—(1) Except as provided in
subsection (b) or (c) and under section 637(b) or
637a of this title, each officer of the Regular
Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine
Corps who holds the regular grade of major gen-
eral, and each officer of the Regular Navy who
holds the regular grade of rear admiral, shall, if
not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of
the first month beginning after the date of the
fifth anniversary of his appointment to that
grade or on the first day of the month after the
month in which he completes 35 years of active
commissioned service, whichever is later.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c)
and under section 637(b) or 637a of this title,
each officer of the Space Force who holds the
grade of major general shall, if not earlier re-
tired, be retired as specified in paragraph (1).
(b) LIEUTENANT
GENERALS
AND
VICE
ADMI-
RALS.—In the administration of subsection (a) in
the case of an officer who is serving in the grade
of lieutenant general or vice admiral, the num-
ber of years of active commissioned service ap-
plicable to the officer is 38 years.
(c) GENERALS AND ADMIRALS.—In the adminis-
tration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer
who is serving in the grade of general or
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