10 USC § 750 - Command: retired officers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s750"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 750 - Command: retired officers"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "750"
section_name: "Command: retired officers"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "RANK AND COMMAND"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 108, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2870.)"
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# § 750. Command: retired officers

A retired officer has no right to command except when on active duty.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 108, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2870.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , but the authority to prescribe regulations under this section effective on , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under .