§8470a Permanent Professors: Retirement for Years of Service; Authority for Deferral

Summary

A Navy or Marine officer who is a permanent professor at the Naval Academy must be retired if not chosen for the next rank: commanders or lieutenant colonels who are not on a promotion list must retire on the first day of the month after they reach 28 years of active commissioned service; captains or colonels not on a promotion list must retire on the first day of the month after they reach 30 years. The Secretary of the Navy can delay that retirement and keep the officer on active duty, and the Secretary decides how long the delay can be, subject to section 1252. An officer kept on active duty can still be considered for promotion. When an officer is retired under these rules, the retired rank is set under section 1370 (unless a higher rank applies), and retired pay is calculated under section 8333.