# § 9325. Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement; enlisted members
**(a)** For the purpose of determining whether an enlisted member of the Air Force or the Space Force may be retired under section 9314 or 9317 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding all active service in the armed forces.
**(b)** Time required to be made up under section 972(a) of this title may not be counted in computing years of service under subsection (a).
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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 552, § 8925; Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(195), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1540; Pub. L. 96–343, § 9(b)(2), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1129; Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 204(c), July 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 698; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VI, § 652(a)(6), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1461; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title VI, § 635(c)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2789; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 561(d)(4)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 323; renumbered § 9325 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)(18), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3812.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8925(a) 8925(b) | 10:947 (proviso).10:958.[No source]. | Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2515, § 1 (proviso), 34 Stat. 1218.Aug. 10, 1946, ch. 952, § 6(b), 60 Stat. 996. |
In subsection (a), the words “active service” are substituted for the word “service”, in 10:947, and “active Federal service performed”, in 10:958, for uniformity. The words “service computed under ” are inserted, since a person entitled to count service under that revised section might cease to be a nurse or woman medical specialist and thereafter become entitled to retire under one of the revised sections referred to in subsection (a) of this revised section.
Subsection (b) is inserted because of and in accordance with long standing interpretation of the effect of 10:629 upon the computation of years of service for retirement.
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8925 | [No source]. | [No source]. |
The amendment reflects the repeal of and the enactment of a similar provision in .
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2021—Subsec. (a). inserted “or the Space Force” after “Air Force”.
2018—, renumbered as this section.
Subsec. (a). , substituted “section 9314 or 9317” for “section 8914 or 8917”.
1996—Subsec. (b). substituted “section 972(a)” for “section 972”.
1994—Subsec. (a). , struck out “and of computing his retired pay under ,” after “8917 of this title,”.
Subsec. (c). , struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “In determining a member’s years of service under subsection (a) for the purpose of computing the member’s retired pay under —
“(1) each full month of service that is in addition to the number of full years of service creditable to the member shall be credited as ⁄ of a year; and
“(2) any remaining fractional part of a year shall be disregarded.”
1989—Subsec. (a). struck out “and service computed under ” before period at end.
1986—Subsec. (c). added subsec. (c).
1980—, struck out “regular” before “enlisted members” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). , substituted “an enlisted” for “a regular enlisted”.
1958—Subsec. (b). substituted “” for “”.
## 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 .
### Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Amendment by effective , and applicable to any period of time covered by that occurs after that date, see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by applicable to computation of retired pay of any enlisted member who retires on or after , to computation of retainer pay of any enlisted member who is transferred to Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve on or after , and to recomputation of retired pay of any enlisted member who is advanced on retired list on or after , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by effective with respect to retired pay payable for months beginning after , see , set out as a note under .