---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 8328"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "8328"
heading: "Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/8328"
units:
  - "Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 841 — Voluntary Retirement"
---

# §8328. Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement

- (a) **Enlisted Members.—** Time required to be made up under [section 972(a) of this title](/usc/10/972.md?p=a) after February 10, 1996, may not be counted in computing years of service under this chapter.
- (b) **Officers.—** [Section 972(b) of this title](/usc/10/972.md?p=b) excludes from computation of an [officer](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-5)’s years of service for purposes of this chapter any time identified with respect to that [officer](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-5) under that section.
- (c) **Time Spent in Seaman to Admiral Program.—** The months of [active service](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-3) in pursuit of a baccalaureate-level degree under the Seaman to Admiral (STA–21) program of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) of [officer](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-5) candidates selected for the program on or after October 28, 2009, shall be excluded in computing the years of service of an [officer](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-5) who was appointed to the [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) of ensign in the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) upon completion of the program to determine the eligibility of the [officer](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-5) for retirement, unless the [officer](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-5) becomes subject to involuntary separation or retirement due to physical disability. Such [active service](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-3) shall be counted in computing the years of [active service](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-3) of the [officer](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-5) for all other purposes.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 561(d)(3)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 322, § 6328; amended Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title X, § 1048(c)(13), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1226; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 505, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2277; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, § 1071(e)(5), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3510; renumbered § 8328, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(15), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6328 of this title as this section.

2014—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted “on or after October 28, 2009,” for “on or after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010”.

2009—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–84 added subsec. (c).

2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–107 substituted “February 10, 1996,” for “the date of the enactment of this section”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

### Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 10, 1996, and applicable to any period of time covered by section 972 of this title that occurs after that date, see section 561(e) of Pub. L. 104–106, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under section 972 of this title.