TITLE 10 - US CODE - CHAPTER 367 - RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE

10 USC 3911 - Twenty years or more: regular or reserve commissioned officers

(a) The Secretary of the Army may, upon the officers request, retire a regular or reserve commissioned officer of the Army who has at least 20 years of service computed under section 3926 of this title, at least 10 years of which have been active service as a commissioned officer.
(b) 
(1) The Secretary of Defense may authorize the Secretary of the Army, during the period specified in paragraph (2), to reduce the requirement under subsection (a) for at least 10 years of active service as a commissioned officer to a period (determined by the Secretary of the Army) of not less than eight years.
(2) The period specified in this paragraph is the period beginning on January 6, 2006, and ending on December 31, 2008.

10 USC 3912 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85155, title IV, 401(1), Aug. 21, 1957, 71 Stat. 390]

Section, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 225, permitted the Secretary of the Army, upon the officers request, to retire a commissioned officer of the Regular Army in the Army Nurse Corps or Womens Medical Specialist Corps who has at least 20 years of service computed under former section 3928 of this title.

10 USC 3913 - Repealed. Pub. L. 96513, title II, 217(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2886]

Section, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 225; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86–616, § 4, 74 Stat. 390; Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–718, § 3, 80 Stat. 1115, provided for retirement of deferred officers not recommended for promotion after twenty years or more of service, except as provided in section 8301 of title 5. See section 627 et seq. of this title.

10 USC 3914 - Twenty to thirty years: enlisted members

Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, an enlisted member of the Army who has at least 20, but less than 30, years of service computed under section 3925 of this title may, upon his request, be retired.

10 USC 3915 - Repealed. Pub. L. 90130, 1(13), Nov. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 376]

Section, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 225; Aug. 21, 1967, Pub. L. 85–155, title I, § 101(19), 71 Stat. 379; Sept. 30, 1966, Pub. L. 89–609, § 1(5), 80 Stat. 852; Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–718, § 3, 80 Stat. 1115, provided for retirement after 25 years service of regular majors in Womens Army Corps, Army Nurse Corps, and Army Medical Specialist Corps.

10 USC 3916 - Repealed. Pub. L. 96513, title II, 217(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2886]

Section, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 226; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title I, § 101(21), 71 Stat. 380; Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–718, § 3, 80 Stat. 1115; Oct. 20, 1978, Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, § 820(i), 92 Stat. 1628, provided for retirement of a promotion-list lieutenant colonel, except as provided by section 8301 of title 5, on 30th day after he completes 28 years of service, with authority for Secretary of the Army to defer retirement in certain cases. See section 633 of this title.

10 USC 3917 - Thirty years or more: regular enlisted members

A regular enlisted member of the Army who has at least 30 years of service computed under section 3925 of this title shall be retired upon his request.

10 USC 3918 - Thirty years or more: regular commissioned officers

A regular commissioned officer of the Army who has at least 30 years of service computed under section 3926 of this title may be retired upon his request, in the discretion of the President.

10 USC 3919 - Repealed. Pub. L. 96513, title II, 217(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2886]

Section, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 226, authorized Secretary of the Army, when he determined that there were too many commissioned officers on active list of Regular Army in any grade who have at least 30 years of service, to convene a board of at least five general officers of Regular Army to make recommendations for retirement and to retire any officer so recommended.

10 USC 3920 - More than thirty years: permanent professors and the Director of Admissions of the United States Military Academy

(a) The Secretary of the Army may retire an officer specified in subsection (b) who has more than 30 years of service as a commissioned officer.
(b) Subsection (a) applies in the case of the following officers:
(1) Any permanent professor of the United States Military Academy.
(2) The Director of Admissions of the United States Military Academy.

10 USC 3921 - Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United States Military Academy; waiver authority

(a) Mandatory Retirement.— 
Upon the termination of the detail of an officer to the position of Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, the Secretary of the Army shall retire the officer under any provision of this chapter under which that officer is eligible to retire.
(b) Waiver Authority.— 
The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement in subsection (a) for good cause. In each case in which such a waiver is granted for an officer, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a written notification of the waiver, with a statement of the reasons supporting the decision that the officer not retire, and a written notification of the intent of the President to nominate the officer for reassignment.

3922, 3923. Repealed. Pub. L. 96513, title II, 217(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2886]

Section 3922, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 227; Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–718, § 3, 80 Stat. 1115, provided for retirement of a regular grade brigadier general, other than a professor of the United States Military Academy, except as provided by section 8301 of title 5, on the 30th day after he completes 30 years of service or the 5th anniversary of the date of his appointment in that regular grade, whichever is later, with authority for the Secretary of the Army to defer retirement in certain cases. See section 635 of this title. Section 3923, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 227; Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–718, § 3, 80 Stat. 1115, provided for retirement of a regular grade major general, except as provided by section 8301 of title 5, on the 30th day after he completes 35 years of service or the 5th anniversary of his appointment in that regular grade, whichever is later, with authority for the Secretary of the Army to defer retirement in certain cases. See section 636 of this title.

10 USC 3924 - Forty years or more: Army officers

(a) Except as provided in section 1186 of this title, a commissioned officer of the Army who has at least 40 years of service computed under section 3926 of this title shall be retired upon his request.
(b) Any warrant officer of the Army who has at least 40 years of service computed under section 3926 (a) of this title shall be retired upon his request.

10 USC 3925 - Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement; enlisted members

(a) For the purpose of determining whether an enlisted member of the Army may be retired under section 3914 or 3917 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding all active service in the armed forces and service computed under section 36831 of this title.
(b) Time required to be made up under section 972 (a) of this title may not be counted in determining years of service under subsection (a).
[1] See References in Text note below.

10 USC 3926 - Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement; regular and reserve commissioned officers

(a) For the purpose of determining whether an officer of the Army may be retired under section 3911, 3918, or 3924 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding
(1) all active service performed as a member of the Army or the Air Force;
(2) all service in the Navy or Marine Corps that may be included in determining the eligibility of an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps for retirement;
(3) all service computed under section 36831 of this title; and
(4) if an officer of the Regular Army, all active service performed as an officer of the Philippine Constabulary.
(b) For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer of the Regular Army in the Medical Corps may be retired under section 3911, 3918, or 3924 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding to his service under subsection (a) all service performed as a contract surgeon, acting assistant surgeon, or contract physician, under a contract to serve full time and to take and change station as ordered.
(c) For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer of the Regular Army in the Dental Corps may be retired under section 3911, 3918, or 3924 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding to his service under subsection (a) all service as a contract dental surgeon or acting dental surgeon.
(d) For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer of the Army Nurse Corps or the Army Medical Specialist Corps may be retired under section 3911 of this title, all service computed under section 36831 of this title shall be treated as if it were service as a commissioned officer.
(e) Section 972 (b) of this title excludes from computation of an officers years of service for purposes of this section any time identified with respect to that officer under that section.
[1] See References in Text note below.

10 USC 3927 - Repealed. Pub. L. 96513, title II, 217(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2886]

Section, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 228; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title I, § 101(22), 71 Stat. 380; May 20, 1958, Pub. L. 85–422, § 11(a)(4), 72 Stat. 131; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(98), 72 Stat. 1488, related to computation of years of service for determining whether a regular commissioned officer should be retired under section 3913, 3915, 3916, 3919, 3921, 3922, or 3923 of this title and for determining the retired pay of officers of the Regular Army retired under section 3913, 3915, 3916, 3919, 3921, 3922, or 3923 of this title. See section 1405 of this title.

10 USC 3928 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85155, title IV, 401(1), Aug. 21, 1957, 71 Stat. 390]

Section, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 229, related to computation of years of service of commissioned officers of the Army Nurse Corps or Womens Medical Specialist Corps for the purposes of retirement under former section 3912 of this title, or retirement pay under section 3991 of this title.

10 USC 3929 - Computation of retired pay: law applicable

A member of the Army retired under this chapter is entitled to retired pay computed under chapter 371 of this title.