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      23 hours ago

      UCMJ Article 2 lists who the UCMJ applies to. Subsection a4 states:

      Retired members of a regular component of the armed forces who are entitled to pay.

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        23 hours ago

        How do we know he even chose to collect, you don’t have to and he’s an astronaut there’s a good chance he’s independently wealthy at this point.

        Federal law says 12 years, I thought it was 8 but it’s 12 now.