---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 20506"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "20506"
heading: "Officers eligible to serve on retention boards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/20506"
units:
  - "Subtitle F — Alternative Military Personnel Systems"
  - "Part I — Space Force"
  - "Chapter 2011 — Separation of Officers for Substandard Performance of Duty or for Certain Other Reasons"
---

# §20506. Officers eligible to serve on retention boards

- (a) **In General.—** The provisions of [section 1187 of this title](/usc/10/1187.md) apply to the membership of boards convened under this chapter in the same manner as to the membership of boards convened under [chapter 60](/usc/10/chstA/ptII/ch60.md) of this title.
- (b) **Retired Air Force Officers.—**
  - (1) **Authority.—** In applying subsection (b) of [section 1187 of this title](/usc/10/1187.md) to a board convened under this chapter, the Secretary of the Air Force may appoint retired [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Air Force, in addition to retired [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Space Force, to complete the membership of the board.
  - (2) **Limitation.—** A retired [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Air Force may be appointed to a board under [paragraph (1)](#b-1) only if the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) served in a space-related career field of the Air Force for sufficient time such that the Secretary of the Air Force determines that the retired Air Force [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) has adequate knowledge concerning the standards of performance and conduct required of an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Space Force.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1719, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 662.)