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Title 10 - ARMED FORCESSubtitle D - AIR FORCE AND SPACE FORCEPart II - PERSONNEL
Chapter 921 - ACTIVE DUTY
Section 9203 - Retired commissioned officers: status

10 U.S.C. § 9203

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Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)
Section 9203 - Retired commissioned officers: status

A retired commissioned officer of the Air Force or the Space Force who is on active duty is considered, for all purposes except promotion, to be an officer of the organization to which he is assigned.

10 U.S.C. § 9203

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 526, §8503; renumbered §9203, Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title VIII, §806(b)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832; amended Pub. L. 116-283, div. A, title IX, §923(c)(4), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3810.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
8503 10:999. July 9, 1918, ch. 143, subch. XX (2d par.), 40 Stat. 893.
The words "and shall be an extra number therein" are omitted, since, in the opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the Army (JAG 210.85, Feb. 21, 1923), they were repealed by the Act of July 31, 1935, ch. 422, 49 Stat. 505. The words "in the discretion of the President, employed *** assigned to duty" are omitted as surplusage. The words "arms, corps, department" are omitted, since the Air Force does not have organic corps created by statute.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2021- Pub. L. 116-283 inserted "or the Space Force" after "the Air Force". 2018- Pub. L. 115-232 renumbered section 8503 of this title as 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.

active duty
The term "active duty" means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, including sustained duty in the Space Force. Such term includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary of the military department concerned. Such term does not include full-time National Guard duty.
commissioned officer
The term "commissioned officer" includes a commissioned warrant officer.
officer
The term "officer" means a commissioned or warrant officer.