10 USC § 9203 - Retired commissioned officers: status

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title: "10 USC § 9203 - Retired commissioned officers: status"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9203"
section_name: "Retired commissioned officers: status"
chapter_number: 921
chapter_name: "ACTIVE DUTY"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 526, § 8503; renumbered § 9203, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(4), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3810.)"
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# § 9203. Retired commissioned officers: status

A retired commissioned officer of the Air Force or the Space Force who is on active duty is considered, for all purposes except promotion, to be an officer of the organization to which he is assigned.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 526, § 8503; renumbered § 9203, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(4), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3810.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8503 | 10:999. | July 9, 1918, ch. 143, subch. XX (2d par.), 40 Stat. 893. |

The words “and shall be an extra number therein” are omitted, since, in the opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the Army (JAG 210.85, ), they were repealed by the , . The words “in the discretion of the President, employed * * * assigned to duty” are omitted as surplusage. The words “arms, corps, department” are omitted, since the Air Force does not have organic corps created by statute.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— inserted “or the Space Force” after “the Air Force”.

2018— 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 .