Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§9203 Retired Commissioned Officers: Status
Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 921 — ACTIVE DUTY › § 9203
Summary
When a retired Air Force or Space Force officer returns to active duty, they are treated as an officer of the unit they are assigned to for everything except promotions.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9203
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
A retired commissioned officer of the Air Force or the Space Force who is on active duty is considered, for all purposes except promotion, to be an officer of the organization to which he is assigned.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 850310:999.
July 9, 1918, ch. 143, subch. XX (2d par.), 40 Stat. 893. The words “and shall be an extra number therein” are omitted, since, in the opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the Army (JAG 210.85, Feb. 21, 1923), they were repealed by the Act of
July 31, 1935, ch. 422, 49 Stat. 505. The words “in the discretion of the President, employed * * * assigned to duty” are omitted as surplusage. The words “arms, corps, department” are omitted, since the Air Force does not have organic corps created by statute.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “or the Space Force” after “the Air Force”. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8503 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9203
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102