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90 (1) he is discharged under conditions other than honorable under an approved sentence of a court-martial or under the approved findings of a board of officers convened by an authority designated by the Secretary concerned; or (2) he consents to a discharge under conditions other than honorable with a waiver of proceedings of a court-martial or a board. § 1164. Warrant officers; separation for age (a) Unless retired or separated on or before the expiration of that period, each male warrant officer shall be retired or separated from his armed force not later than 60 days after the date when he becomes 62 years of age, except as provided by section 4:7a of title 5. (b) Unless retired or separated on or before the expiration of that period, each female warrant officer shall be retired or separated from her armed force not later than 60 days after the date when she becomes 56 years of age, except as provided by section 47a of title 5. (c) The Secretary concerned may defer, for not more than four months, the separation under subsection (a) or (b) of any warrant officer if, because of unavoidable circumstances, evaluation of his physical condition and determination of his entitlement to retirement or separation for physical disability require hospitalization or medical observation that cannot be completed before the date when he would otherwise be required to be retired or separated under this section. §1165.
Regular warrant officers: separation during three-year probationary period The Secretary concerned may terminate the regular appointment of any permanent regular warrant officer at any time within three years after the date when the officer accepted his original permanent appointment as a warrant officer in that component. A warrant officer who is separated under this section is not entitled to severance pay, but may be enlisted under section 515 of this title. §1166.
Regular warrant officers: elimination for unfitness or unsatisfactory performance (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, and subject to the recommendations of a board of officers or a selection board under section 560 of this title, a permanent regular warrant officer who is eligible for retirement under any provision of law shall be retired under that law if his records and reports establish his unfitness or unsatisfactory performance of duty. If he is not eligible for retirement under any provision of law, but since the date when he accepted his original permanent appointment as a regular warrant officer he has had at least three years of active service that could be credited to him under section 311 of title 37, he shall be separated with severance pay computed under section 1167 (b) of this title. However, instead of being paid severance pay he may be enlisted under section 515 of this title. If he does not have three years of such service, he shall be separated under section 1165 of this title. (b) The Secretary concerned may defer, for not more than four months, the retirement or separation under subsection (a) of any warrant officer if, because of unavoidable circumstances, evaluation
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