10 USC § 7318 - Thirty years or more: regular commissioned officers

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title: "10 USC § 7318 - Thirty years or more: regular commissioned officers"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7318"
section_name: "Thirty years or more: regular commissioned officers"
chapter_number: 741
chapter_name: "RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 226, § 3918; renumbered § 7318 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 808(b)(12), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838, 1840.)"
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# § 7318. Thirty years or more: regular commissioned officers

section 7326 of this title

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

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 226, § 3918; renumbered § 7318 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 808(b)(12), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838, 1840.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3918 | 10:943. | R.S. 1243; Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1 (as applicable to R.S. 1243), 46 Stat. 1028. |

The word “commissioned” is inserted, since the retirement of warrant officers for length of service is covered by . The word “regular” is inserted, since 10:943 is applicable historically only to officers of the Regular Army. The words “and placed on the retired list” are omitted as surplusage. The words “computed under ” are inserted for clarity.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7318 and 7319 were renumbered sections 8688 and 8689 of this title, respectively.

### Amendments

2018—, substituted “section 7326” for “section 3926”.

, renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

Functions of the President under this section to approve the request of a regular commissioned officer of the Army to retire after at least 30 years of service delegated to the Secretary of Defense to perform, without approval, ratification, or other action of the President, and with authority for the Secretary to redelegate, see Ex. Ord. No. 12396, §§ 1(f), 3, , 47 F.R. 55897, 55898, set out as a note under , The President.