Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§1252 Age 64: permanent professors at academies

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 63— - RETIREMENT FOR AGE › § 1252

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Regular commissioned officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force who hold certain academy jobs must retire when they turn 64. They must be retired on the first day of the month after the month in which they reach 64 years old. This rule covers: permanent professors and the director of admissions at the United States Military Academy; permanent professors at the United States Naval Academy; and permanent professors and the registrar at the United States Air Force Academy.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1252

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Unless retired or separated earlier, each regular commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force covered by subsection (b) shall be retired on the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 64 years of age.

(b)This section applies to the following officers:

(1)An officer who is a permanent professor or the director of admissions of the United States Military Academy.

(2)An officer who is a permanent professor at the United States Naval Academy.

(3)An officer who is a permanent professor or the registrar of the United States Air Force Academy.

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2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Marine Corps, or Space Force” for “or Marine Corps”.

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10 U.S.C. § 1252

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73