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

Summary

Navy and Marine Corps officers who are permanent professors at the Naval Academy must retire if they are not on a promotion list. Commanders or lieutenant colonels who are not recommended for promotion to captain or colonel must retire on the first day of the month after they finish 28 years of active commissioned service. Captains or colonels who are not recommended for promotion to rear admiral (lower half) or brigadier general must retire on the first day of the month after they finish 30 years of active commissioned service. The Secretary of the Navy can delay that retirement and keep an officer on active duty. The Secretary decides how long the delay lasts, subject to section 1252 of this title. An officer kept on active duty can still be considered for promotion. When retired, the officer gets the retired grade set under section 1370 of this title unless entitled to a higher grade, and retired pay is figured under section 8333 of this title.