Pub. L. 110-181, div. A, tit. V, subtit. B, sec. 513
MANDATORY SEPARATION OF RESERVE OFFICERS IN THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL OR VICE ADMIRAL AFTER COMPLETION OF 38 YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE.
SEC. 513. MANDATORY SEPARATION OF RESERVE OFFICERS IN THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL OR VICE ADMIRAL AFTER COMPLETION OF 38 YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE.(a) Mandatory Separation.—Section 14508 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):“(c) Thirty-Eight Years of Service for Lieutenant Generals and Vice Admirals.—Unless retired, transferred to the Retired Reserve, or discharged at an earlier date, each reserve officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps in the grade of lieutenant general and each reserve officer of the Navy in the grade of vice admiral shall be separated in accordance with section 14514 of this title on the later of the following:“(1) 30 days after completion of 38 years of commissioned service.“(2) The fifth anniversary of the date of the officer’s appointment in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral.”.(b) Clerical Amendments.—Such section is further amended—(1) in subsection (a), by inserting “for Brigadier Generals and Rear Admirals (Lower Half)” after “Grade” in the subsection heading; and(2) in subsection (b), by inserting “for Major Generals and Rear Admirals” after “Grade” in the subsection heading.