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228 (b) Any warrant officer of the Army who has at least 40 years of service computed under section 3926(a) of this title shall be retired upon his request. §3925.

Computation of year s of service: voluntary retirement; regular enlisted members (a) For the purpose of determining whether a regular enlisted member of the Army may be retired under section 3914 or 3917 of this title, and of computing his retired pay under section 3991 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding all active service in the armed forces and service computed under section 3683 of this title, (b) Time required to be made up under section 3638 of this title may not be counted in determining years of service under subsection (a). § 3926.

Computation of year s of service: voluntary retirement; regular and reserve commissioned officers (a) For the purpose of determining whether an officer of the Army may be retired under section 3911, 3918, or 3924 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding— (1) all active service performed as a member of the Army or the Air Force; (2) all service in the Navy or Marine Corps that may be included in determining the eligibility of an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps for retirement; (3) all service computed under section 3683 of this title; and (4) if an officer of the Regular Army, all active service performed as an officer of the Philippine Constabulary. (b) For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer of the Regular Army in the Medical Corps may be retired under section 3911, 3918, or 3924 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding to his service under subsection (a) all service performed as a contract surgeon, acting assistant surgeon, or contract physician, under a contract to serve full time and to take and change station as ordered. (c) For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer of the Regular Army in the Dental Corps may be retired under section 3911, 3918, or 3924 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding to his service under subsection (a) all service as a contract dental surgeon or acting dental surgeon. § 3927. Computation of year s of service: mandatory retirement; regular commissioned officers (a) For the purpose of determining whether a regular commissioned officer may be retired under section 3913, 3915, 3916, 3919, 3921, 3922, or 3923 of this title, his years of service are: (1) For a commissioned officer appointed in the Regular Army before January 1, 1948, under the Act of December 28, 1945, ch. 601 (59 Stat. 663), the service credited to him under that act at the time of his appointment, plus his years of active commissioned service in the Regular Army after that appointment. (2) For a commissioned officer appointed in the Women's Army Corps, Regular Army, under section 108 of the Women's Armed