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.)