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Mandatory Removal Dates (MRD)
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Commissioned officers: maximum years of commissioned service or maximum age, whichever comes
first, unless removed by other provision of law
 Maximum years of commissioned service
• LTCs and below = 28 years
• LTC(P)s and COLs = 30 years
 Maximum age
• Age 60
• Secretary of the Army did not elect to adopt age 62 as authorized by law
 Twice non-selection for promotion
• First day of seventh month after President approves the board
• Subject to needs of the Army, approved for selective continuation (SELCON)
 CPTs to 20 years of commissioned service if selected by SELCON board
 MAJs to 24 years of commissioned service if selected by SELCON board
 1LTs without Baccalaureate degree to completion of original MSO
 Obligated STRAP 1LTs to completion of original MSO or contractual STRAP obligation
 CW2 and CW3 until max age (removal suspended)
Warrant Officers: Age 60
Enlisted Soldiers
 Maximum Years of Service – suspended since 2003
 Maximum age
• Age 60
• Secretary of the Army did not elect to adopt age 62 as authorized by law
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Creditable and Noncreditable Service
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Commissioned service is defined as "Service as a commissioned officer that includes active status and active service as
provided for in section 14706" of Title 10
 The only exception to this rule is based in Title 10 Section 14706(a)(3), which excludes time a commissioned
officer spends while in an advanced education program for appointment in a special branch. Section14706(b)
goes on to explain that the officer's Reserve commissioned service prior to entering the advanced education
program to become qualified in a special branch does count toward years of commissioned service for MRD
purposes
Commissioned service in the following categories is creditable towards an officer’s MRD
 Selected Reserve: Troop Program Unit (TPU), Active Guard Reserve (AGR), USAR Control Group (Individual
Mobilization Augmentee (IMA)
 USAR Control Groups: Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), Annual Training (AT), Officer Active Duty Obligor and
(OADO)
 Standby Reserve - Active Status List
 Army or Air National Guard
 Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Air Force Reserve
 Active Component service with the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard
Commissioned service in the following categories is not creditable towards an officer’s MRD
 Standby Reserve - Inactive Status List
 Retired Reserve
 Inactive Army National Guard
 US Army Retired List, Permanent and Temporary Disability Retired List, and Army of the United States (AUS)
Retired List
 Retiree Recall – retired officers who are ordered to active duty from the Retired Reserve or the retired list under
Section’s 688(a), 12301(a), or 12301(d) and serves in his or her retired status
 A Soldier transferred from the Retired Reserve back to the Ready Reserve under provisions of Section 10145 is
not a recalled retiree and their service would be counted towards their commissioned service
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TPU MRD Extensions
 Officers
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APL officers and AMEDD MS 67/70
• Max years of service:
 18-20 year lock-in (Reserve Sanctuary) not to exceed age 62; approval authority rests with OFTS
Command (RPSC issues memo)
 Voluntary SELCON for alerted/mobilized LTCs and COLs for period of mobilization plus 90 days not
to exceed 33/35 years commissioned or age 60; approval authority rests with AR G-1
 OFTS Commands return all others without action
• Max age: Approval authority rests with ASA(M&RA)
• Medical: Approval authority rests with HRC/ASA(M&RA)
• MEB/PEB process: Approval authority rests with ASA(M&RA)
AMEDD, other than MS 67/70
• 2-year increments up to age 68
• Approval authority rests with HRC on behalf of Sec Army
JAG and Chaplains
• Approval authority rests with TJAG and Chief, Chaplains, respectively
 Warrant Officer
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Up to age 62 and 60 days
Approval authority rests with AR G-1 for warrant officers who has or can complete 20 qualifying years of service
for retired pay. Approval authority for all others rests with Army G-1
 Military Technicians
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Up to age 60
Approval authority rests with Chief, Army Reserve
 Enlisted Soldiers
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Up to age 62 for Soldiers with 18, but less than 20 years of qualifying service; approval authority rests with AR G-1
Up to 62 for Soldiers with 20 qualifying years for mission critical/shortage; approval authority rests with Army G-1
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MRD Calculations
Type
Reference
Statute:
Age
Regulation:
Statute:
Commissioned Service
Regulation:
APL & JAG (AMEDD
officers not under 14703)
Statute:
Regulation:
10 USC 14509
62 yrs
AR 140-10 para 7-3; NGR
635-100
60 yrs
10 USC 14507
AR 140-10 para 7-2; NGR
635-100
10 USC 14701;
1320.08
DoDI
AR 135-155
SELCON
Policy:
ASA(M&RA) memo dated
11 Oct 05
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Must have ASA(M&RA)
approval to serve past
age 60. Policy memo
dated 31 Oct 07
Must be approved for
SELCON for retention
COL-30 yrs; LTC-28 yrs
beyond MRD for years of
commissioned service.
No board required for
COL & LTC-ASA(M&RA)
approval authority;
SELCON board required
for MAJ & CPT after 2XNS
Reg must be updated to
indicate no board for COL
COL-35 yrs; LTC 33 yrs;
& LTC.
MAJ 24 yrs; CPT 20 yrs
Applies to LTCs & COLs
assigned to a unit or DUIC
who are alerted for or
ordered to AD in support
of GWOT. CAR and Chief,
NGB are approval
authorities.
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MRD Calculations
Type
Reference
Statute:
10 USC 14703
68 yrs
Regulation:
AR 140-10 Sec III; NGR
635-100
60 yrs
Age
AMEDD
(AGR not
eligible)
Secretary of the Army
may, with the officer’s
consent, retain in an
active status any reserve
officer assigned to the
Medical Corps, the Dental
Corps, the Veterinary
Corps, the Medical
Services Corps (if the
officer has been
designated as allied
health officer or
biomedical sciences
officer in that Corps), the
Optometry Section of the
Medical Services Corps,
the Army Nurse Corps, or
the Army Medical
Specialists Corps.
Authority delegated to
HRC who conducts board.
Approved in 2-year
increments.
Commissioned Service
SAME AS APL (Retention under 10 USC 14703 authorizes retention beyond maximum years of service.)
SELCON
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MRD Calculations
Type
Reference
Statute:
Age
Chaplain
Regulation:
10 USC 14703
AR 140-10, para 7-12 (not
updated refer to memo
for authority)
68 yrs
60 yrs
ASA(M&RA) memo dtd 25
Apr 07 (delegation of
authority) gave Chief of
Chaplains authority to
approve the retention of
RC Army Reserve
Chaplains
Commissioned Service
SAME AS APL (Retention under 10 USC 14703 authorizes retention beyond maximum years of service.)
SELCON
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MRD Calculations
Type
Reference
Statute:
Warrant Officer
Age
Regulation:
Under extenuating
circumstances(1164b)
60 Yrs
, the Secretary of the
Army may defer the
AR 140-10, Para 7-3 USARC may extend to retirement of a
62 yrs & 60 days warrant officer up to
4 months.
10 USC 1164
Military Technician
Statute:
Age
Same as APL
Regulation:
Military Technician
Statute:
NDAA 06
Regulation:
NGR 635-100; AR 140315
Commissioned Service
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May serve further
extensions granted by CAR or Chief, NGB
ASA(M&RA) until
may approve first 2
qualified for an
years after MRD; ASA
unreduced annuity or (M&RA) must approve
age 62 (whichever
subsequent years on
comes first).
an annual basis.
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