Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 1332.32
May 2, 2014
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: Selective Early Retirement or Removal of Officers on the Active Duty List, the
Warrant Officer Active Duty List, or the Reserve Active Status List
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (a)), this
instruction reissues DoD Instruction 1332.32 (Reference (b)) to establish policy and assigned
responsibilities for:
a. The selective early retirement of commissioned officers and warrant officers from the
active duty list or warrant officer active duty list.
b. The selective early removal of commissioned officers from the Reserve active status list.
c. The selective early retirement of officers in the Navy Reserve, serving in an active status,
in the grade of rear admiral (lower half) or rear admiral and officers in the Marine Corps
Reserve, serving in an active status, in the grade of brigadier general or major general.
2. APPLICABILITY. This instruction applies to:
a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities within the DoD.
b. Chief warrant officers on the warrant officer active duty list.
c. Regular officers on the active duty list in the permanent grades of lieutenant colonel
through major general in the Army, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps, and of commander
through rear admiral in the Navy who may be considered for selective early retirement by a
selection board convened pursuant to section 573(c) or 611(b) of Title 10, United States Code
(Reference (c)).
