---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 20105"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "20105"
heading: "Sustained duty"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/20105"
units:
  - "Subtitle F — Alternative Military Personnel Systems"
  - "Part I — Space Force"
  - "Chapter 2003 — Status and Participation"
---

# §20105. Sustained duty

- (a) **Enlisted Members.—** An authority designated by the Secretary of the Air Force may order an [enlisted member](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-6) of the Space Force in a [space force active status](/usc/10/101.md?p=e-1) to [sustained duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=e-4), or retain an [enlisted member](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-6) on [sustained duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=e-4), with the consent of that member, as specified in the terms of the member’s enlistment or reenlistment agreement.
- (b) **Officers.—**
  - (1) An authority designated by the Secretary of the Air Force may order a Space Force [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) in a [space force active status](/usc/10/101.md?p=e-1) to [sustained duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=e-4)—
    - (A) with the consent of the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1); or
    - (B) to fulfill the terms of an active-duty service commitment incurred by the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) under any provision of law.
  - (2) An [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) ordered to [sustained duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=e-4) under [paragraph (1)](#b-1) may not be released from [sustained duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=e-4) without the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s consent except as provided in chapter [2009](/usc/10/chstF/ptI/ch2009.md) or [2011](/usc/10/chstF/ptI/ch2011.md) of this title.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1715, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 629.)