Section 6Sec./Art. 6

Compulsory Retirement for Military Personnel. -

(a) The following officers of the AFP shall be compulsorily retired:

(1) Those in the grades of Second Lieutenant/Ensign (O-1) to Colonel/Captain (O-6), upon reaching the age of fifty-six (56) or accumulation of thirty (30) years of satisfactory active duty, whichever is later;

(2) Those in the grades of Brigadier General/Commodore (O-7) to Lieutenant General/Vice Admiral (O-9), upon reaching the age of fifty-nine (59) or the maximum tenure-in-grade as defined in this Act, whichever comes earlier;

(3) Those occupying a key position, as defined in Section 2 of this Act, upon completion of the fixed tour of duty regardless of age, unless promoted to Chief of Staff or who is relieved from post and is not designated to or occupying any position in the AFP Table of Organization; and

(4) Those commissioned under Presidential Decree No. 1908, and those appointed in the Corps of Professors upon reaching the age of sixty (60) or completion of twenty (20) years of satisfactory active duty, whichever comes later.

(b) An enlisted personnel shall be compulsorily retired upon accumulation of at least thirty (30) years of satisfactory active duty or upon reaching the age of fifty-six (56) years old, whichever comes later.