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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§14514 Discharge or retirement for years of service or after selection for early removal

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Reserve Components › Part PART III— - PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST › Chapter CHAPTER 1407— - FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION AND INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION › § 14514

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a reserve officer on active duty must be removed under sections 14507, 14508, 14704, or 14705, and the officer is not already separated, has not had separation delayed, and is not kept on by another law, one of two things must happen. If the officer is eligible for transfer to the Retired Reserve and does not ask, under rules set by the appropriate Secretary, to avoid that transfer, the officer must be moved into the Retired Reserve. If the officer is not eligible for the Retired Reserve or does ask, under those Secretary’s rules, not to be transferred, the officer must be discharged from their reserve appointment.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §14514

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Each reserve officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who is in an active status and who is required to be removed from an active status or from a reserve active-status list, as the case may be, under section 14507, 14508, 14704, or 14705 of this title (unless the officer is sooner separated or the officer’s separation is deferred or the officer is continued in an active status under another provision of law), in accordance with those sections, shall—
(1)be transferred to the Retired Reserve if the officer is qualified for such transfer and does not request (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned) not to be transferred to the Retired Reserve; or
(2)be discharged from the officer’s reserve appointment if the officer is not qualified for transfer to the Retired Reserve or has requested (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned) not to be so transferred.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2001—Par. (1). Pub. L. 107–107, § 517(c)(1), substituted “if the officer is qualified for such transfer and does not request (in accordance with

Regulations

prescribed by the Secretary concerned) not to be transferred to the Retired Reserve” for “, if the officer is qualified and applies for such transfer”. Par. (2). Pub. L. 107–107, § 517(c)(2), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “if the officer is not qualified or does not apply for such transfer, be discharged from the officer’s reserve appointment.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2001 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–107 effective on the first day of the first month that begins more than 180 days after Dec. 28, 2001, see section 517(g) of Pub. L. 107–107, set out as a note under section 10154 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 14514

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73