10 USC § 9318 - Thirty years or more: regular commissioned officers

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title: "10 USC § 9318 - Thirty years or more: regular commissioned officers"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9318"
section_name: "Thirty years or more: regular commissioned officers"
chapter_number: 941
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. 550, § 8918; renumbered § 9318 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 806(b)(13), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833, 1840; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(16), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3812.)"
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# § 9318. Thirty years or more: regular commissioned officers

section 9326 of this title

A regular commissioned officer of the Air Force or the Space Force 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. 550, § 8918; renumbered § 9318 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 806(b)(13), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833, 1840; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(16), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3812.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8918 | 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 a regular component. The words “and placed on the retired list” are omitted as surplusage. The words “computed under ” are inserted for clarity.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 9319 was renumbered .

### Amendments

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

2018— renumbered  as this section and substituted “section 9326” for “section 8926”.

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