{"identifier":"/us/usc/t14/s306","title":14,"num":"\u00a7\u202f306.","heading":"Retirement","text":"\u00a7\u202f306.\nRetirement\n(a) An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant, who, while serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired for physical disability shall be placed on the retired list with the highest grade in which that officer served satisfactorily, as determined under\nsection 2501 of this title\n(b) An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant, who is retired while serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, or who, after serving at least 2\u00bd years in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired while serving in a lower grade, may in the discretion of the President, be retired with the highest grade in which that officer served satisfactorily, as determined under\nsection 2501 of this title\n(c) An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant, who, after serving less than 2\u00bd years in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired while serving in a lower grade, shall be retired in his permanent grade if performance of duties in such grade is determined to have been satisfactory pursuant to\nsection 2501 of this title\n(d) An officer serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral shall continue to hold that grade\u2014\n(1) while being processed for physical disability retirement, beginning on the day of the processing and ending on the day that officer is retired, but not for more than 180 days; and\n(2) while awaiting retirement, beginning on the day that officer is relieved from the position of Commandant, Vice Commandant, or Vice Admiral and ending on the day before the officer\u2019s retirement, but not for more than 60 days.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t14/s306.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t14/s306","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f306."},{"t":"heading","text":"Retirement"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t14/s306/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant, who, while serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired for physical disability shall be placed on the retired list with the highest grade in which that officer served satisfactorily, as determined under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2501 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t14/s2501","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t14/s306/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant, who is retired while serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, or who, after serving at least 2\u00bd years in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired while serving in a lower grade, may in the discretion of the President, be retired with the highest grade in which that officer served satisfactorily, as determined under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2501 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t14/s2501","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t14/s306/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant, who, after serving less than 2\u00bd years in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired while serving in a lower grade, shall be retired in his permanent grade if performance of duties in such grade is determined to have been satisfactory pursuant to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2501 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t14/s2501","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t14/s306/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" An officer serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral shall continue to hold that grade\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t14/s306/d/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" while being processed for physical disability retirement, beginning on the day of the processing and ending on the day that officer is retired, but not for more than 180 days; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t14/s306/d/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" while awaiting retirement, beginning on the day that officer is relieved from the position of Commandant, Vice Commandant, or Vice Admiral and ending on the day before the officer\u2019s retirement, but not for more than 60 days.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}