Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§1252 Age 64: Permanent Professors at Academies
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 63 — RETIREMENT FOR AGE › § 1252
Summary
Requires certain academy officers to retire at age 64. Unless they already retired or left earlier, these officers must retire on the first day of the month after they turn 64. It covers permanent professors and some academic leaders at the service academies: permanent professors and the director of admissions at the U.S. Military Academy; permanent professors at the U.S. Naval Academy; and permanent professors and the registrar at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §1252
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Mandatory Retirement for Age.—
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)Covered Officers.—
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
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110