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CHAPTER 1221⁠—SEPARATION — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
12681.Reserves: discharge authority.
12682.Reserves: discharge upon becoming ordained minister of religion.
12683.Reserve officers: limitation on involuntary separation.
12684.Reserves: separation for absence without authority or sentence to imprisonment.
12685.Reserves separated for cause: character of discharge.
12686.Reserves on active duty within two years of retirement eligibility: limitation on release from active duty.
12687.Reserves under confinement by sentence of court-martial: separation after six months confinement.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996⁠—Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 563(a)(2)(B), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 325, added item 12687.