10 U.S.C. § 8329

Officers not to be retired for misconduct

No officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps may be retired because of misconduct for which trial by court-martial would be appropriate.

( Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 , 70A Stat. 396 , § 6329; renumbered § 8329, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(15) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1836 .)