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§12308 Retention After Becoming Qualified for Retired Pay

Title 10 › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › PART II — PERSONNEL GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1209 — ACTIVE DUTY › § 12308

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Summary

Eligible for retired pay under chapter 1223 may, with consent and Secretary's order, remain in service (not §12732(b)) and be credited for all purposes.

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Title 10, §12308

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Any person who has qualified for retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title may, with his consent and by order of the Secretary concerned, be retained on active duty, or in service in a reserve component other than that listed in section 12732(b) of this title. A member so retained shall be credited with that service for all purposes.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 67610:1036a(e).34:440i(e).June 29, 1948, ch. 708, § 302(e), 62 Stat. 1088. The words “active duty, or in service, in a reserve component other than that listed in section 1332(b) of this title” are inserted to reflect the words “Federal service”, as used in Title III of the source statute. The words “that service for all purposes” are substituted for 10:1036a(e) (last 11 words) and 34:440i(e) (last 11 words). The words “upon attaining the age of sixty years” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–337, § 1675(c)(6), substituted “1223” for “67” and “12732(b)” for “1332(b)”. Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(e)(2), renumbered section 676 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 10001 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 12308

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102