1. (a) The Secretary of the Army may retire an officer specified in subsection (b) who has more than 30 years of service as a commissioned officer.

2. (b) Subsection (a) applies in the case of the following officers:

   1. (1) Any permanent professor of the United States Military Academy.
   2. (2) The Director of Admissions of the United States Military Academy.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 226; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 509(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 297.)

The word “retire” is substituted for the words “direct the retirement of”. The words “as a commissioned officer” are substituted for the word “commissioned”.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–106 substituted “permanent professors and the Director of Admissions of the United States Military Academy” for “permanent professors of United States Military Academy” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary of the Army may retire any permanent professor of the United States Military Academy who has more than 30 years of service as a commissioned officer.”