§20103 Members Not on Sustained Duty: Agreements Concerning Conditions of Service

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can make a written agreement with a Space Force member who is not on continuous duty. The agreement can require the member to serve on active duty for a set period, describe the conditions of that active service, and—for members in inactive status—set rules for staying in service and for being ordered to active duty, with or without the member’s agreement. The Secretary must write rules that say what can be included in these agreements, what each side must do, and what happens if someone breaks the agreement. If the agreed active-duty time ends during a war or during a national emergency declared by Congress or the President, the member may be kept on active duty without their permission if other law allows it.