Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§20601 Officers: voluntary retirement for length of service

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle F— - Alternative Military Personnel Systems › Part PART I— - SPACE FORCE › Chapter CHAPTER 2013— - VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE › § 20601

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Space Force commissioned officers can ask to retire after certain amounts of service. The Air Force Secretary can retire an officer who asks if they have at least 20 years of service as counted under section 20602, and at least 10 of those years were active service as a commissioned officer. If an officer has 30 years of service (counted the same way), the President may decide to retire them when they ask. Except as explained in section 20503, an officer with 40 years of service (counted under section 20602) must be retired if they request it.

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Title 10, §20601

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(a)The Secretary of the Air Force may, upon the officer’s request, retire a commissioned officer of the Space Force who has at least 20 years of service computed under section 20602 of this title, at least 10 years of which have been active service as a commissioned officer.

(b)A commissioned officer of the Space Force who has at least 30 years of service computed under section 20602 of this title may be retired upon the officer’s request, in the discretion of the President.

(c)Except as provided in section 20503 of this title, a commissioned officer of the Space Force who has at least 40 years of service computed under section 20602 of this title shall be retired upon the officer’s request.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 20601

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73