Sec. 507. MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE

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## SEC. 507 MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE ###

(a)General Rule Subsection

(a)of section 1251 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)by striking “or Marine Corps,” and inserting “Marine Corps, or Space Force”; and ####

(2)by inserting “or separated, as specified in subsection (e),” after “shall be retired”. ###

(b)Deferred Retirement or Separation of Health Professions Officers Subsection

(b)of such section is amended— ####

(1)in the subsection heading, by inserting “or Separation” after “Retirement”; and ####

(2)in paragraph (1), by inserting “or separation” after “retirement”. ###

(c)Deferred Retirement or Separation of Other Officers Subsection

(c)of such section is amended— ####

(1)in the subsection heading, by striking “of Chaplains” and inserting “or Separation of Other Officers”; ####

(2)by inserting “or separation” after “retirement”; and ####

(3)by striking “an officer who is appointed or designated as a chaplain” and inserting “any officer other than a health professions officer described in subsection (b)(2)”. ###

(d)Retirement or Separation Based on Years of Creditable Service Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(e) Retirement or Separation Based on Years of Creditable Service > > > ####

(1)> > The following rules shall apply to a regular commissioned officer who is to be retired or separated under subsection (a): > > > ##### “(A) > > If the officer has at least 6 but fewer than 20 years of creditable service, the officer shall be separated, with separation pay computed under section 1174(d)(1) of this title. > > > ##### “(B) > > If the officer has fewer than 6 years of creditable service, the officer shall be separated under subsection (a). > > > #### “(2) > > Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in the case of a regular commissioned officer who was added to the retired list before the date of the enactment of the William M.

(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the officer shall be retired, with retired pay computed under section 1401 of this title.” > .