Federal

Title 10 — Armed Forces

4,032 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 123a — Suspension of end-strength and other strength limitations in time of war or national emergency
• § 123b — Forces stationed abroad: limitation on number
• § 124 — Detection and monitoring of aerial and maritime transit of illegal drugs: Department of Defense to be lead agency
• § 12401 — Army and Air National Guard of the United States: status
• § 12402 — Army and Air National Guard of the United States: commissioned officers; duty in National Guard Bureau
• § 12403 — Army and Air National Guard of the United States: members; status in which ordered into Federal service
• § 12404 — Army and Air National Guard of the United States: mobilization; maintenance of organization
• § 12405 — National Guard in Federal service: status
• § 12406 — National Guard in Federal service: call
• § 12407 — National Guard in Federal service: period of service; apportionment
• § 12408 — National Guard in Federal service: physical examination
• § 125 — Functions, powers, and duties: transfer, reassignment, consolidation, or abolition
• § 12501 — Reserve components: detail of members of regular and reserve components to assist
• § 12502 — Chief and assistant chief of staff of National Guard divisions and wings in Federal service: detail
• § 12503 — Ready Reserve: funeral honors duty
• § 12505 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A] , title V, § 507(f)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1654 , 1654A–105]
• § 1251 — Age 62: regular commissioned officers in grades below general and flag officer grades; exceptions
• § 1252 — Age 64: permanent professors at academies
• § 12521 — Definitions
• § 12522 — Establishment of insurance program
• § 12523 — Risk insured
• § 12524 — Enrollment and election of benefits
• § 12525 — Benefit amounts
• § 12526 — Premiums
• § 12527 — Payment of premiums
• § 12528 — Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance Fund
• § 12529 — Board of Actuaries
• § 1253 — Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general and flag officer grades; exceptions
• § 12530 — Payment of benefits
• § 12531 — Purchase of insurance
• § 12532 — Termination for nonpayment of premiums; forfeiture
• § 12533 — Termination of program
• § 1255 — Repealed. Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(6) , Nov. 8, 1967 , 81 Stat. 374 ]
• § 12551 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 515(a) , Dec. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 2539 ]
• § 12552 — Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans
• § 125a — Reform: improvement of efficacy and efficiency
• § 126 — Transfer of funds and employees
• § 12601 — Compensation: Reserve on active duty accepting from any person
• § 12602 — Members of Army National Guard of United States and Air National Guard of United States: credit for service as members of National Guard
• § 12603 — Attendance at inactive-duty training assemblies: commercial travel at Federal supply schedule rates
• § 12604 — Billeting in Department of Defense facilities: Reserves attending inactive-duty training
• § 12605 — Presentation of United States flag: members transferred from an active status or discharged after completion of eligibility for retired pay
• § 1263 — Age 62: warrant officers
• § 12641 — Standards and procedures: Secretary to prescribe
• § 12642 — Standards and qualifications: result of failure to comply with
• § 12643 — Boards for appointment, promotion, and certain other purposes: composition
• § 12644 — Members physically not qualified for active duty: discharge or transfer to retired status
• § 12645 — Commissioned officers: retention until completion of required service
• § 12646 — Commissioned officers: retention of after completing 18 or more, but less than 20, years of service
• § 12647 — Commissioned officers: retention in active status while assigned to Selective Service System or serving as United States property and fiscal officers
• § 12681 — Reserves: discharge authority
• § 12682 — Reserves: discharge upon becoming ordained minister of religion
• § 12683 — Reserve officers: limitation on involuntary separation
• § 12684 — Reserves: separation for absence without authority or sentence to imprisonment
• § 12685 — Reserves separated for cause: character of discharge
• § 12686 — Reserves on active duty within two years of retirement eligibility: limitation on release from active duty
• § 12687 — Reserves under confinement by sentence of court-martial: separation after six months confinement
• § 127 — Emergency and extraordinary expenses
• § 12731 — Age and service requirements
• § 12731a — Temporary special retirement qualification authority
• § 12731b — Special rule for members with physical disabilities not incurred in line of duty
• § 12732 — Entitlement to retired pay: computation of years of service
• § 12733 — Computation of retired pay: computation of years of service
• § 12734 — Time not creditable toward years of service
• § 12735 — Inactive status list
• § 12736 — Service credited for retired pay benefits not excluded for other benefits
• § 12737 — Limitation on active duty
• § 12738 — Limitations on revocation of retired pay
• § 12739 — Computation of retired pay
• § 12740 — Eligibility: denial upon certain punitive discharges or dismissals
• § 12741 — Retirement for service in an active status performed in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve after eligibility for regular retirement
• § 1275 — Computation of retired pay: law applicable
• § 12771 — Reserve officers: grade on transfer to Retired Reserve
• § 12772 — Reserve commissioned officers who have served as Attending Physician to the Congress: grade on transfer to Retired Reserve
• § 12773 — Limitation on accrual of increased pay or benefits
• § 12774 — Retired lists
• § 127a — Operations for which funds are not provided in advance: funding mechanisms
• § 127b — Department of Defense rewards program
• § 127c — Purchase of weapons overseas: force protection
• § 127d — Support of special operations for irregular warfare
• § 127e — Support of special operations to combat terrorism
• § 127f — Expenditure of funds for clandestine activities that support operational preparation of the environment and non-conventional assisted recovery capabilities
• § 128 — Control and physical protection of special nuclear material: limitation on dissemination of unclassified information
• § 129 — Civilian personnel management
• § 1293 — Twenty years or more: warrant officers
• § 129a — General policy for total force management
• § 129b — Authority to procure personal services
• § 129c — Medical personnel: limitations on reductions
• § 129d — Disclosure to litigation support contractors
• § 130 — Authority to withhold from public disclosure certain technical data
• § 1305 — Thirty years or more: regular warrant officers
• § 130a — Department of Defense support for funerals and memorial events for Members and former Members of Congress
• § 130b — Personnel in overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units: nondisclosure of personally identifying information
• § 130c — Nondisclosure of information: certain sensitive information of foreign governments and international organizations
• § 130d — Treatment under Freedom of Information Act of certain confidential information shared with State and local personnel
• § 130e — Treatment under Freedom of Information Act of certain critical infrastructure security information
• § 130f — Notification requirements for sensitive military operations
• § 130g — Oversight of sensitive activities of the Department of Defense.
• § 130h — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1649(b)(1) , Dec. 23, 2024 , 138 Stat. 2199 ]
• § 130i — Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft
• § 130j, 130k — Renumbered §§ 395, 396]
• § 131 — Office of the Secretary of Defense
• § 1315 — Computation of retired pay: law applicable
• § 132 — Deputy Secretary of Defense
• § 132a — Performance Improvement Officer
• § 133 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title IX, § 901(a)(1) , Dec. 23, 2016 , 130 Stat. 2339 ]
• § 1331 — Reference to chapter 1223
• § 133a — Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
• § 133b — Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
• § 134 — Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• § 134a — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title IX, § 901(b)(1) , Jan. 7, 2011 , 124 Stat. 4317 ]
• § 134b — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title IX, § 905(a)(1) , Oct. 28, 2009 , 123 Stat. 2425 ]
• § 135 — Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
• § 136 — Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
• § 136a — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title IX, § 901(b)(1) , Jan. 7, 2011 , 124 Stat. 4317 ]
• § 137 — Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
• § 1370 — Regular commissioned officers
• § 1370a — Officers entitled to retired pay for non-regular service
• § 1371 — Warrant officers: general rule
• § 1372 — Grade on retirement for physical disability: members of armed forces
• § 1373 — Higher grade for later physical disability: retired officers recalled to active duty
• § 1374 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(k)(2) , Oct. 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3006 ]
• § 1375 — Entitlement to commission: commissioned officers advanced on retired list
• § 1376 — Temporary disability retired lists
• § 137a — Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense
• § 138 — Assistant Secretaries of Defense
• § 138a, 138b — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, § 901(h)(4) , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3467 ]
• § 138c — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, § 901(g)(2) , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3466 ]
• § 138d — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, § 901(h)(4) , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3467 ]
• § 139 — Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
• § 139a — Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
• § 139b — Secretariat for Special Operations; Special Operations Policy and Oversight Council
• § 139c — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title IX, § 901(e)(2) , Dec. 23, 2016 , 130 Stat. 2342 ]
• § 139d, 139e — Renumbered §§ 139b, 139c]
• § 140 — General Counsel
• § 14001 — Applicability of this part
• § 14002 — Reserve active-status lists: requirement for each armed force
• § 14003 — Reserve active-status lists: position of officers on the list
• § 14004 — Reserve active-status lists: eligibility for Reserve promotion
• § 14005 — Competitive categories
• § 14006 — Determination of years in grade
• § 1401 — Computation of retired pay
• § 1401a — Adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay to reflect changes in Consumer Price Index
• § 1402 — Recomputation of retired or retainer pay to reflect later active duty of members who first became members before September 8, 1980
• § 1402a — Recomputation of retired or retainer pay to reflect later active duty of members who first became members after September 7, 1980
• § 1403 — Disability retired pay: treatment under Internal Revenue Code of 1986
• § 1404 — Applicability of section 8301 of title 5
• § 1405 — Years of service
• § 1406 — Retired pay base for members who first became members before September 8, 1980 : final basic pay
• § 1407 — Retired pay base for members who first became members after September 7, 1980 : high-36 month average
• § 1407a — Retired pay base: officers retired in general or flag officer grades
• § 1408 — Payment of retired or retainer pay in compliance with court orders
• § 1409 — Retired pay multiplier
• § 140a — Renumbered § 422]
• § 140b — Renumbered § 423]
• § 140c — Renumbered § 130]
• § 141 — Inspector General
• § 1410 — Restoral of full retirement amount at age 62 for certain members entering on or after August 1, 1986
• § 14101 — Convening of selection boards
• § 14102 — Selection boards: appointment and composition
• § 14103 — Oath of members
• § 14104 — Nondisclosure of board proceedings
• § 14105 — Notice of convening of promotion board
• § 14106 — Communication with board by officers under consideration
• § 14107 — Information furnished by the Secretary concerned to promotion boards
• § 14108 — Recommendations by promotion boards
• § 14109 — Reports of promotion boards: in general
• § 1411 — Rules of construction
• § 14110 — Reports of promotion boards: review by Secretary
• § 14111 — Reports of selection boards: transmittal to President
• § 14112 — Dissemination of names of officers selected
• § 1412 — Administrative provisions
• § 1413 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VI, § 641(b) , Nov. 24, 2003 , 117 Stat. 1514 ]
• § 1413a — Combat-related special compensation
• § 1414 — Members eligible for retired pay who are also eligible for veterans’ disability compensation for disabilities rated 50 percent or higher: concurrent payment of retired pay and veterans’ disability compensation
• § 1415 — Lump sum payment of certain retired pay
• § 142 — Chief Information Officer
• § 143 — Office of the Secretary of Defense personnel: limitation
• § 14301 — Eligibility for consideration for promotion: general rules
• § 14302 — Promotion zones
• § 14303 — Eligibility for consideration for promotion: minimum years of service in grade
• § 14304 — Eligibility for consideration for promotion: maximum years of service in grade
• § 14305 — Establishment of promotion zones: mandatory consideration for promotion
• § 14306 — Establishment of promotion zones: Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve running mate system
• § 14307 — Number of officers to be recommended for promotion
• § 14308 — Promotions: how made
• § 14309 — Acceptance of promotion; oath of office
• § 1431 — Election of annuity: members of armed forces
• § 14310 — Removal of officers from a list of officers recommended for promotion
• § 14311 — Delay of promotion: involuntary
• § 14312 — Delay of promotion: voluntary
• § 14313 — Authority to vacate promotions to grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half)
• § 14314 — Army and Air Force commissioned officers: generals ceasing to occupy positions commensurate with grade; State adjutants general
• § 14315 — Position vacancy promotions: Army and Air Force officers
• § 14316 — Army National Guard and Air National Guard: appointment to and Federal recognition in a higher reserve grade after selection for promotion
• § 14317 — Officers in transition to and from the active-status list or active-duty list
• § 1432 — Election of annuity: former members of armed forces
• § 1433 — Mental incompetency of member
• § 1434 — Kinds of annuities that may be elected
• § 1435 — Eligible beneficiaries