(a) Retirement.— As a condition for detail to the position of Superintendent of the Academy, an officer shall acknowledge that upon termination of that detail the officer shall be retired pursuant to section
8921(a) of this title, unless such retirement is waived under section
8921(b) of this title.
(b) Minimum Tour of Duty.— An officer who is detailed to the position of Superintendent of the Academy shall be so detailed for a period of not less than three years. In any case in which an officer serving as Superintendent is reassigned or retires before having completed three years service as Superintendent, or otherwise leaves that position (other than due to death) without having completed three years service in that position, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to Congress notice that such officer left the position of Superintendent without having completed three years service in that position, together with a statement of the reasons why that officer did not complete three years service in that position.
(a) Retirement.— As a condition for detail to the position of Superintendent of the Academy, an officer shall acknowledge that upon termination of that detail the officer shall be retired pursuant to section
8921(a) of this title, unless such retirement is waived under section
8921(b) of this title.
(b) Minimum Tour of Duty.— An officer who is detailed to the position of Superintendent of the Academy shall be so detailed for a period of not less than three years. In any case in which an officer serving as Superintendent is reassigned or retires before having completed three years service as Superintendent, or otherwise leaves that position (other than due to death) without having completed three years service in that position, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to Congress notice that such officer left the position of Superintendent without having completed three years service in that position, together with a statement of the reasons why that officer did not complete three years service in that position.
2004—Pub. L. 108–375designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, inserted “pursuant to section
8921(a) of this title, unless such retirement is waived under section
8921(b) of this title” before period at end, and added subsec. (b).
Application of Section to Superintendents Serving on October 5, 1999
Section not applicable to an officer serving on Oct. 5, 1999, in the position of Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Naval Academy, or Air Force Academy for so long as that officer continues on and after that date to serve in that position without a break in service, see section 532(a)(5) ofPub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section
3921 of this title.
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