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PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 108 STAT. 2953 ^§14511. Separation at age 62: major generals and rear admirids "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 major general and each reserve officer of the Navy in the grade of rear admiral, except an officer covered by section 14512 of this title, shall be separated in accordance with section 14515 of this title on the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 62 years of age, "§ 14512. Separation at age 64: officers holding certain offices "(a) ARMY AND AIR FORCE. —Unless retired, transferred to the Retired Reserve, or discharged at an earlier date, a reserve officer of the Army or Air Force who is Chief of the National Guard Bureau, an adjutant general, or if a reserve officer of the Army, commanding general of the troops of a State, shall on the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 64 years of age, be separated in accordance with section 14515 of this title. "(b) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.—The Secretary of the Navy may defer the retirement under section 14510 or 14511 of a reserve officer of the Navy in a grade above captain or a reserve officer of the Marine Corps in a grade above colonel and retain the officer in an active status until the officer becomes 64 years of age. Not more than 10 officers may be so deferred at any one time, distributed between the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve as the Secretary determines. ^§ 14513. Separation for failure of selection of promotion "Each reserve officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who is in an active status and whose removal from an active status or from a reserve active-status list is required by section 14504, 14505, or 14506 of this title shall (unless the officer's separation is deferred or the officer is continued in an active status under another provision of law) not later than the date specified in those sections— "(1) be transferred to an inactive status if the Secretary concerned determines that the officer has skills which may be required to meet the mobilization needs of the officer's armed force; "(2) be transferred to the Retired Reserve, if the officer is qualified and applies for such transfer; or "(3) if the officer is not transferred to an inactive status or to the Retired Reserve, be discharged from the officer's reserve appointment. "§ 14514. Discharge or retirement for years of service or after selection for early removal "Each reserve officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Msirine Corps who is in an active status and who is required to be removed from an active status or from a reserve active-status list, as the case may be, under section 14507, 14508, 14704, or 14705 of this title (unless the officer is sooner separated or the officer's separation is deferred or the officer is continued in an active status under another provision of law), in accordance with those sections, shall— "(1) be transferred to the Retired Reserve, if the officer is qualified and applies for such transfer; or