---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 14511"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "14511"
heading: "Separation at age 64: officers in grade of major general or rear admiral and above"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/14511"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part III — Promotion and Retention of Officers on the Reserve Active-Status List"
  - "Chapter 1407 — Failure of Selection for Promotion and Involuntary Separation"
---

# §14511. Separation at age 64: officers in grade of major general or rear admiral and above

- (a) **Separation Required.—** Unless retired, transferred to the Retired [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6), or discharged at an earlier date, each [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps in the [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) of major general or above and each [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Navy in the [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) of rear admiral or above shall be separated in accordance with [section 14515 of this title](/usc/10/14515.md) on the last day of the month in which the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) becomes 64 years of age.
- (b) **Exception for Officers Serving in O–9 and O–10 Positions.—** The retirement of a [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps in the [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) of lieutenant general or general, or a [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Navy in the [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) of vice admiral or admiral, under [subsection (a)](#a) may be deferred—
  - (1) by the President, but such a deferment may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in which the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) becomes 68 years of age; or
  - (2) by the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of Defense, but such a deferment may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in which the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) becomes 66 years of age.
- (c) **Exception for Officers Holding Certain Offices.—** This section does not apply to an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) covered by [section 14512 of this title](/usc/10/14512.md).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2953; amended Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, § 503(a), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2178; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XVIII, § 1825(a)(1), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 501.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in sections 3844 and 8844 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1629(a)(3), (c)(3).

### Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–181 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Unless retired, transferred to the Retired Reserve, or discharged at an earlier date, each reserve officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps in the grade of major general and each reserve officer of the Navy in the grade of rear admiral, except an officer covered by section 14512 of this title, shall be separated in accordance with section 14515 of this title on the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 64 years of age.”

2006—Pub. L. 109–364 substituted “64” for “62” in section catchline and text.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.