---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 14702"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "14702"
heading: "Retention on reserve active-status list of certain officers in the grade of major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, or brigadier general"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/14702"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part III — Promotion and Retention of Officers on the Reserve Active-Status List"
  - "Chapter 1409 — Continuation of Officers on the Reserve Active-Status List and Selective Early Removal"
---

# §14702. Retention on reserve active-status list of certain officers in the grade of major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, or brigadier general

- (a) **Retention.—** Notwithstanding the provisions of section [14506](/usc/10/14506.md), [14507](/usc/10/14507.md), or [14508](/usc/10/14508.md) of this title, the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of the military [department](/usc/10/12521.md?p=5) concerned may, with the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s consent, retain on the [reserve active-status list](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-7) an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) in the [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) of major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, or brigadier general who is—
  - (1) an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the [Army National Guard of the United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-3) and assigned to a headquarters or headquarters detachment of a [State](/usc/10/18232.md?p=1); or
  - (2) a [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Army or Air Force who, as a condition of continued employment as a [National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-1) or [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) technician is required by the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-9) to maintain membership in a Selected [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) unit or organization.
- (b) **Separation for Age.—** An [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) may be retained under this section only so long as the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) continues to meet the conditions of paragraph [(1)](#a-1) or [(2)](#a-2) of subsection (a). An [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) described in [paragraph (1)](#a-1) of such subsection may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) becomes 62 years of age. An [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) described in [paragraph (2)](#a-2) of such subsection may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) becomes 62 years of age.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2955; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 521(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1734; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 514(b), (c)(1), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4441; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 511(b), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1875.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “62” for “60”.

2008—Pub. L. 110–417, § 514(c)(1), amended section catchline generally. Prior to amendment, catchline read as follows: “Retention on reserve active-status list of certain officers until age 60”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–417, § 514(b), in heading, substituted “for Age” for “at Age 60” and, in text, substituted “paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)” for “subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2)” and “An officer described in paragraph (1) of such subsection may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 62 years of age. An officer described in paragraph (2) of such subsection may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 60 years of age.” for “An officer may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 60 years of age.”

1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–85, in introductory provisions, substituted “section 14506, 14507, or 14508” for “section 14506 or 14507” and “colonel, or brigadier general” for “or colonel”.

### 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.