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[CITE: 10USC3917]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 367--RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE
 
Sec. 3917. Thirty years or more: regular enlisted members

    A regular enlisted member of the Army who has at least 30 years of 
service computed under section 3925 of this title shall be retired upon 
his request.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 226.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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3917..................................  10:947 (less proviso).               Ma
r. 2, 1907, ch. 2515, Sec.  1
                                        10:947a (less last 11 words).         (
1st 35 words), 34 Stat. 1217.
                                        ...................................  Fe
b. 14, 1885, ch. 67 (less 43d
                                                                              t
hrough 53d words); restated Sept.
                                                                              3
0, 1890, ch. 1125 (less 43d
                                                                              t
hrough 53d words), 26 Stat. 504.
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    The word ``regular'' is inserted to conform to an opinion of the 
Judge Advocate General of the Army (JAGA, 1953/2301, 23 Mar. 1953). The 
words ``upon his request'' are substituted for the words ``upon making 
application to the President'', in 10:947, and ``by application to the 
President'', in 10:947a. The words ``either as a private or 
noncommissioned officer, or both'', in 10:947a, are omitted as 
surplusage. The words ``shall be retired'' are substituted for the words 
``be placed upon the retired list'', in 10:947, and ``be placed on the 
retired list heretofore created'', in 10:947a. The words ``computed 
under section 3925 of this title'' are inserted for clarity. The 21 
words before the proviso and the proviso of the Act of February 14, 
1885, as restated, are not contained in 10:947a. They are also omitted 
from the revised section, since the proviso is executed and the 21 words 
before the proviso are omitted as covered by formula E of section 3991 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1406, 3925 of this title.
