---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stE/ptII/ch1221"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 1221"
heading: "Separation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stE-ptII-ch1221"
sections_count: 7
---

# Chapter 1221 — Separation

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › Part II — Personnel Generally

## Sections

- [§12681. Reserves: discharge authority](/usc/10/12681.md)
- [§12682. Reserves: discharge upon becoming ordained minister of religion](/usc/10/12682.md)
- [§12683. Reserve officers: limitation on involuntary separation](/usc/10/12683.md)
- [§12684. Reserves: separation for absence without authority or sentence to imprisonment](/usc/10/12684.md)
- [§12685. Reserves separated for cause: character of discharge](/usc/10/12685.md)
- [§12686. Reserves on active duty within two years of retirement eligibility: limitation on release from active duty](/usc/10/12686.md)
- [§12687. Reserves under confinement by sentence of court-martial: separation after six months confinement](/usc/10/12687.md)