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10 U.S.C. § 20601 — Officers: voluntary retirement for length of service
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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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**(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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**(a) Years of Active Service.—** For the purpose of determining whether an officer of the Space Force may be retired under [section 20601 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20601&num=0&edition=prelim), the officer’s years of service are computed by adding all active service in the armed forces.
**(b) Reference to Section Excluding Service During Certain Periods.—** [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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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) Consideration for Early Retirement.—** The Secretary of the Air Force may convene selection boards under [section 20211(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20211/b&num=0&edition=prelim) to consider for early retirement officers on the Space Force officer list as follows:
(1) Officers in the grade of lieutenant colonel who have failed of selection for promotion at least one time and whose names are not on a list of officers recommended for promotion.
(2) Officers in the grade of colonel who have served in that grade for at least two years and whose names are not on a list of officers recommended for promotion.
(3) Officers, other than those described in paragraphs (1) and (2), holding a grade below the grade of colonel—
(A) who are eligible for retirement under [section 20601 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20601&num=0&edition=prelim) or who after two additional years or less of active service would be eligible for retirement under that section; and
(B) whose names are not on a list of officers recommended for promotion.
**(b) Consideration for Discharge.—**
(1) The Secretary of the Air Force may convene selection boards under [section 20211 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20211&num=0&edition=prelim) to consider for discharge officers on the Space Force officer list—
(A) who have served at least one year of active status in the grade currently held;
(B) whose names are not on a list of officers recommended for promotion; and
(C) who are not eligible to be retired under any provision of law (other than by reason of eligibility pursuant to section 4403 of the National Defens
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**(a)** The Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain a retired list containing the name of each retired commissioned officer of the Regular Air Force and a separate retired list containing the name of each retired commissioned officer of the Space Force (other than an officer whose name is on the list maintained under subsection (b)(2)).
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary shall maintain a retired list containing the name of—
(A) each person entitled to retired pay under any law providing retired pay for commissioned officers of the Air Force, other than of the Regular Air Force; and
(B) each retired warrant officer or enlisted member of the Air Force who is advanced to a commissioned grade.
(2) The Secretary shall maintain a retired list containing the name of—
(A) each person entitled to retired pay who as a member of the Space Force qualified for retirement under [section 20601 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20601&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) each retired warrant officer or enlisted member of the Space Force who is advanced to a commissioned grade.
**(c)** The Secretary shall maintain a retired list containing the name of each retired warrant officer of the Air Force and a separate retired list containing the name of each retired warrant officer of the Space Force.
**(d)** The Secretary shall maintain a retired list containing the name of each retired enlisted member of the Regular Air Force and a separate retired list containing the name of each retired enlisted member of the Space Force.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 20505
resented by counsel at proceedings before the
board; and
(4) shall be allowed full access to, and shall
be furnished copies of, records relevant to the
officer’s case, except that the board shall
withhold any record that the Secretary deter-
mines should be withheld in the interest of na-
tional security.
(b) SUMMARY OF RECORDS WITHHELD IN INTER-
EST OF NATIONAL SECURITY.—When a record is
withheld under subsection (a)(4), the officer
whose case is under consideration shall, to the
extent that the interest of national security per-
mits, be furnished a summary of the record so
withheld.
(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1719,
Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 661.)
§ 20505. Officer considered for removal: vol-
untary retirement or discharge
(a) IN
GENERAL.—At any time during pro-
ceedings 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 sub-
section (b)(2).
(b) RETIREMENT OR DISCHARGE.—An officer re-
moved from a space force active status under
section 20503 of this title shall—
(1) if eligible for voluntary retirement under
any provision of law on the date of such re-
moval, be retired in the grade and with the re-
tired pay for which the officer would be eligi-
ble 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 sec-
tion 20501 of this title; or
(B) be discharged in the
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