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PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (a)), this instruction reissues DoD Instruction 1332.32 (Reference (b)) to establish policy and assigned responsibilities for: a. The selective early retirement of commissioned officers and warrant officers from the active duty list or warrant officer active duty list.

b. The selective early removal of commissioned officers from the Reserve active status list.

c. The selective early retirement of officers in the Navy Reserve, serving in an active status, in the grade of rear admiral (lower half) or rear admiral and officers in the Marine Corps Reserve, serving in an active status, in the grade of brigadier general or major general.

APPLICABILITY. This instruction applies to:

a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD.

b. Chief warrant officers on the warrant officer active duty list.

c. Regular officers on the active duty list in the permanent grades of lieutenant colonel through major general in the Army, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps, and of commander through rear admiral in the Navy who may be considered for selective early retirement by a selection board convened pursuant to section 573(c) or 611(b) of Title 10, United States Code (Reference (c)).

d. General and flag officers of the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve who are on the Reserve active status list who may be considered for selective early retirement by a selection board convened pursuant to section 14101(b) of Reference (c).

e. Reserve commissioned officers on the Reserve active status list in any grade and competitive category who:

(1) Have at least 30 years of service computed pursuant to section 14706 of Reference (c) or at least 20 years of satisfactory service for retirement purposes computed pursuant to section 12732 of Reference (c).

(2) May be considered for selective early removal from the Reserve active status list by a selection board convened pursuant to section 14101(b) of Reference (c).