§ 12684. Reserves: separation for absence without authority or sentence to imprisonment

The President or the Secretary concerned may drop from the rolls of the armed force concerned any Reserve—

• (1) who has been absent without authority for at least three months;
• (2) who may be separated under section 12687 of this title by reason of a sentence to confinement adjudged by a court-martial; or
• (3) who is sentenced to confinement in a Federal or State penitentiary or correctional institution after having been found guilty of an offense by a court other than a court-martial or other military court, and whose sentence has become final.