Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§14902 Separation for Substandard Performance and for Certain Other Reasons

Title 10 › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › PART III — PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST › CHAPTER 1411 — ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION › § 14902

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of each military department must create rules to review a reserve officer’s record at any time. If an officer’s work is below the department’s standards, or if the officer has misconduct, moral or professional failings, or keeping them would conflict with national security, the officer must be made to explain why they should stay on active duty. Those rules must follow any limits the Secretary of Defense sets.

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Title 10, §14902

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(a)Substandard Performance of Duty.—

The Secretary of the military department concerned shall prescribe, by regulation, procedures for the review at any time of the record of any reserve officer to determine whether that officer should be required, because that officer’s performance has fallen below standards prescribed by the Secretary concerned, to show cause for retention in an active status.

(b)Misconduct, Etc.—

The Secretary of the military department concerned shall prescribe, by regulation, procedures for the review at any time of the record of any reserve officer to determine whether that officer should be required, because of misconduct, because of moral or professional dereliction, or because the officer’s retention is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security, to show cause for retention in an active status.

(c)Regulations.—

The authority of the Secretary of a military department under this section shall be carried out subject to such limitations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe by regulation.

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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.

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10 U.S.C. § 14902

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110