10 U.S.C. § 12684
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The President or the Secretary concerned may drop from the rolls of the armed force concerned any Reserve—
- (1)who has been absent without authority for at least three months;
- (2)who may be separated under section 12687 of this title by reason of a sentence to confinement adjudged by a court-martial; or
- (3)who is sentenced to confinement in a Federal or State penitentiary or correctional institution after having been found guilty of an offense by a court other than a court-martial or other military court, and whose sentence has become final.