10 USC § 649g - Retirement: retirement for years of service; selective early retirement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s649g"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 649g - Retirement: retirement for years of service; selective early retirement"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "649g"
section_name: "Retirement: retirement for years of service; selective early retirement"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "ALTERNATIVE PROMOTION AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS IN DESIGNATED COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 507(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1747.)"
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# § 649g. Retirement: retirement for years of service; selective early retirement

**(a)** **Retirement for Years of Services.—** Sections 633 through 636 of this title shall apply to the retirement of officers in competitive categories of officers designated for purposes of this subchapter.

**(b)** **Selective Early Retirement.—** Sections 638 and 638a of this title shall apply to the retirement of officers described in subsection (a).

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 507(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1747.)