### Question
How is the "covered general or flag officer" defined?


### Answer
The term **covered general or flag officer** is defined in *10 U.S.C. § 1407a* as follows -

> a member or former member of a uniformed service who after September 30, 2006—


(1) is retired in a general officer grade or flag officer grade (or an equivalent grade, in the case of an officer of the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 1407a*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART II-PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 71-COMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY**

