10 U.S.C. § 12733
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For the purpose of computing the retired pay of a person under this chapter, the person’s years of service and any fraction of such a year are computed by dividing 360 into the sum of the following:
- (1)The person’s days of active service.
- (2)The person’s days of full-time service under sections 316, 502, 503, 504, and 505 of title 32 while performing annual training duty or while attending a prescribed course of instruction at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary concerned.
- (3)One day for each point credited to the person under clause (B), (C), (D), or (F) of section 12732(a)(2) of this title, but not more than—
- (A)60 days in any one year of service before the year of service that includes September 23, 1996;
- (B)75 days in the year of service that includes September 23, 1996, and in any subsequent year of service before the year of service that includes October 30, 2000;
- (C)90 days in the year of service that includes October 30, 2000, and in any subsequent year of service before the year of service that includes October 30, 2007; and
- (D)130 days in the year of service that includes October 30, 2007, and in any subsequent year of service.
- (4)One day for each point credited to the person under subparagraph (E) of section 12732(a)(2) of this title.
- (5)One day for each point credited to the person under subparagraph (F) of section 12732(a)(2) of this title.
- (6)50 days for each year before July 1, 1949, and proportionately for each fraction of a year, of service (other than active service) in a reserve component of an armed force, in the Army or the Air Force without component, or in any other category covered by section 12732(a)(1) of this title, except a regular component.