§14706 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§14706 Computation of Total Years of Service

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— Reserve Components › Part III— PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST › Chapter 1409— CONTINUATION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST AND SELECTIVE EARLY REMOVAL › § 14706

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Summary

Count a Reserve officer’s years of service to include all time they served as a commissioned officer in a uniformed service, except for three kinds of time. Do not count service as a warrant officer. Do not count constructive service. Do not count time after becoming a commissioned officer when the officer was a student in an advanced program to get the first professional degree needed for a specialty, but only if that student time was before the officer started their first active duty or Ready Reserve service in that specialty. If the officer had already served on active duty or in the Ready Reserve in a non‑student role before the student time, that earlier service still counts. The listed professional specialties are Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Veterinary Corps, Medical Service Corps, Nurse Corps, Army Medical Specialists Corps, chaplain, and judge advocate.

Title 10, §14706

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(a)For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 1407 of this title, a Reserve officer’s years of service include all service of the officer as a commissioned officer of a uniformed service other than the following:

(1)Service as a warrant officer.

(2)Constructive service.

(3)Service after appointment as a commissioned officer of a reserve component while in a program of advanced education to obtain the first professional degree required for appointment, designation, or assignment to a professional specialty, but only if that service occurs before the officer commences initial service on active duty or initial service in the Ready Reserve in the specialty that results from such a degree.

(b)The exclusion under subsection (a)(3) does not apply to service performed by an officer who previously served on active duty or participated as a member of the Ready Reserve in other than a student status for the period of service preceding the member’s service in a student status.

(c)For purposes of subsection (a)(3), an officer shall be considered to be in a professional specialty if the officer is appointed or assigned to the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Veterinary Corps, the Medical Service Corps, the Nurse Corps, or the Army Medical Specialists Corps or is designated as a chaplain or judge advocate.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 3853 and 8853 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1629(a)(3), (c)(3).

Amendments

1999—Pub. L. 106–65 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 1407 of this title, a reserve officer’s years of service include all service, other than constructive service, of the officer as a commissioned officer of any uniformed service (other than service as a warrant officer).”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.