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223 223 of that section, and each permanent professor of the United States Military Academy, shall be retired when he becomes 64 years of age, except as provided by section 47a of title 5. §3887.

Computation of year s of service: discretionary retirement; regular commissioned officers; Army N u r s e Corps and Women's Medical Specialist Corps For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer of the Army Nurse Corps or the Women's Medical Specialist Corps may be retired under section 3881 or 3882 of this title, and of computing her retired pay under section 3991 of this title, her years of service are computed by adding— (1) all active service; and (2) all other service in the Navy or Marine Corps that may be credited in determining the eligibility of an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps for retirement. § 3888. Computation of year s of service; mandatory retirement; regular commissioned officers For the purpose of computing the retired pay of a commissioned officer of the Regular Army retired under section 3883, 3884, 3885, or 3886 of this title, his years of service are the greater of— (1) the years of service credited to him in computing his basic p a y; or (2) his years of service computed under clause (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E), whichever applies: (A) For an officer appointed in the Regular Army before January 1, 1948. under the Act of December 28, 1945, ch. 601 (59 Stat. 663), the service credited to him under that act at the time of his appointment, plus his years of active commissioned service in the Regular Army after that appointment. (B) For an officer appointed in the Women's Army Corps, Regular Army, under section 108 of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 361), the service credited to her under that section at the time of her appointment, plus her years of active commissioned service in the Regular Army after that appointm^fit. (C) For a reserve judge advocate appointed in the Regular Army in the grade of captain in the Judge Advocate General's Department under section 24e of the National Defense Act as amended (53 Stat. 558) — (i) his years of active commissioned service in the Army after becoming 21 years of age, after December 7, 1941, and before the date of that appointment; or (ii) the number of days, months, and years by which his age at the time of that appointment exceeded 25 years; whichever is greater, plus his years of active coromissioned service in the Regular Army after that appointment. (D) For an officer appointed in the Regular Army before December 31, 1947, other than an officer covered by clauae (A) or (C), the sum of—

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