§14702 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§14702 Retention on reserve active-status list of certain officers in the grade of major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, or brigadier general

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Reserve Components › Part PART III— - PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST › Chapter CHAPTER 1409— - CONTINUATION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST AND SELECTIVE EARLY REMOVAL › § 14702

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The head of a military department can, with the officer’s agreement, keep certain officers on the reserve active-status list. This covers Army National Guard officers assigned to a State headquarters and Army or Air Force reserve officers who must stay in a Selected Reserve unit to keep a National Guard or Reserve technician job. The officer may stay only while they meet those conditions and not past the last day of the month in which they turn 62.

Title 10, §14702

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(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14506, 14507, or 14508 of this title, the Secretary of the military department concerned may, with the officer’s consent, retain on the reserve active-status list an officer in the grade of major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, or brigadier general who is—

(1)an officer of the Army National Guard of the United States and assigned to a headquarters or headquarters detachment of a State; or

(2)a reserve officer of the Army or Air Force who, as a condition of continued employment as a National Guard or Reserve technician is required by the Secretary concerned to maintain membership in a Selected Reserve unit or organization.

(b)An officer may be retained under this section only so long as the officer continues to meet the conditions of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a). An officer described in paragraph (1) of such subsection may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 62 years of age. An officer described in paragraph (2) of such subsection may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 62 years of age.

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

2024—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “62” for “60”. 2008—Pub. L. 110–417, § 514(c)(1), amended section catchline generally. Prior to amendment, catchline read as follows: “Retention on reserve active-status list of certain officers until age 60”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–417, § 514(b), in heading, substituted “for Age” for “at Age 60” and, in text, substituted “paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)” for “subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2)” and “An officer described in paragraph (1) of such subsection may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 62 years of age. An officer described in paragraph (2) of such subsection may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 60 years of age.” for “An officer may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 60 years of age.” 1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–85, in introductory provisions, substituted “section 14506, 14507, or 14508” for “section 14506 or 14507” and “colonel, or brigadier general” for “or colonel”.

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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.