---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 14706"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "14706"
heading: "Computation of total years of service"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/14706"
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"
---

# §14706. Computation of total years of service

- (a) For the purpose of this chapter and [chapter 1407](/usc/10/chstE/ptIII/ch1407.md) of this title, a [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s years of service include all service of the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) as a [commissioned officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-2) of a uniformed service other than the following:
  - (1) Service as a [warrant officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-3).
  - (2) Constructive service.
  - (3) Service after appointment as a [commissioned officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-2) of a [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) component while in a program of advanced education to obtain the first professional degree required for appointment, designation, or assignment to a professional specialty, but only if that service occurs before the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) commences initial service on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) or initial service in the Ready [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) in the specialty that results from such a degree.
- (b) The exclusion under [subsection (a)(3)](#a-3) does not apply to service performed by an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) who previously served on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) or participated as a member of the Ready [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) in other than a student status for the period of service preceding the member’s service in a student status.
- (c) For purposes of [subsection (a)(3)](#a-3), an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) shall be considered to be in a professional specialty if the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) is appointed or assigned to the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Veterinary Corps, the Medical Service Corps, the Nurse Corps, or the Army Medical Specialists Corps or is designated as a chaplain or judge advocate.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2957; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 515, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 594.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in sections 3853 and 8853 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1629(a)(3), (c)(3).

### Amendments

1999—Pub. L. 106–65 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 1407 of this title, a reserve officer’s years of service include all service, other than constructive service, of the officer as a commissioned officer of any uniformed service (other than service as a warrant officer).”

### 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.