---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stF/ptI/ch2011"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 2011"
heading: "Separation of Officers for Substandard Performance of Duty or for Certain Other Reasons"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stF-ptI-ch2011"
sections_count: 6
---

# Chapter 2011 — Separation of Officers for Substandard Performance of Duty or for Certain Other Reasons

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle F — Alternative Military Personnel Systems › Part I — Space Force

## Sections

- [§20501. Authority to establish procedures to consider the separation of officers for substandard performance of duty and for certain other reasons](/usc/10/20501.md)
- [§20502. Retention boards](/usc/10/20502.md)
- [§20503. Removal of officer: action by Secretary upon recommendation of retention board](/usc/10/20503.md)
- [§20504. Rights and procedures](/usc/10/20504.md)
- [§20505. Officer considered for removal: voluntary retirement or discharge](/usc/10/20505.md)
- [§20506. Officers eligible to serve on retention boards](/usc/10/20506.md)