§ 115.5 - Discharge.

(a) Enlisted members of the Ready Reserve or the Standby Reserve not on active duty who have completed their statutory obligation or who are not otherwise subject to a military obligation will be discharged upon the completion of their obligation or upon the expiration of their enlistment, as the case may be, unless they voluntarily (1) re-enlist to serve in the Ready Reserve or Standby Reserve, or (2), where applicable, extend their enlistment to remain in the Ready Reserve or (3) request transfer to the Inactive Status List of the Standby Reserve under the provisions of part 136 of this subchapter. Only those personnel listed in part 136 of this subchapter may re-enlist in the Standby Reserve.

(b) Any person who while a member of a reserve component becomes a regular or duly ordained minister of religion shall be discharged from such reserve component upon request under section 1162(b) of title 10, U.S.C. The definition of regular or duly ordained minister of religion provided in section 16(g) of The Military Selective Service Act of 1967 (50 App. U.S.C., 451 et seq.) shall be used in connection with this regulation.

(c) Those commissioned officers of the reserve who have accepted indefinite appointment will not be subject to mandatory discharge upon completion of the statutory obligation.

(d) Discharge from one's statutory obligation for hardship or other causes will be governed by pertinent provisions of parts 50 and 125 of this subchapter.

(e) Discharge from the reserve components is governed by sections 1003, 1162, and 1163 of title 10, U.S.C., subject to sections 680-681 and 1006 of the same reference.

(f) Upon the discharge of members of the Standby Reserve, due notification thereof will be made to the Selective Service System by the Military Department concerned.