Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§20602 Officers: Computation of Years of Service for Voluntary Retirement
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle F— Alternative Military Personnel Systems › Part I— SPACE FORCE › Chapter 2013— VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE › § 20602
Summary
To decide if a Space Force officer can take voluntary retirement, add up all of the officer’s active-duty service time in the armed forces. Do not count any periods that are excluded under section 972(b); those times are left out of the total.
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Title 10, §20602
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(a)For the purpose of determining whether an officer of the Space Force may be retired under section 20601 of this title, the officer’s years of service are computed by adding all active service in the armed forces.
(b)section 972(b) of this title excludes from computation of an officer’s years of service for purposes of this section any time identified with respect to that officer under that section.
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10 U.S.C. § 20602
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60