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SUBCHAPTER II⁠—PROMOTIONS — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
619.Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other requirements.
619a.Eligibility for consideration for promotion: designation as joint qualified officer required before promotion to general or flag grade; exceptions.
620.Active-duty lists.
621.Competitive categories for promotion.
622.Numbers to be recommended for promotion.
623.Establishment of promotion zones.
624.Promotions: how made.
625.Authority to vacate promotions to grades of brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half).
626.Acceptance of promotions; oath of office.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2008⁠—Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 521(b)(2), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4444, added item 619a and struck out former item 619a “Eligibility for consideration for promotion: joint duty assignment required before promotion to general or flag grade; exceptions”.

1993⁠—Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title IX, § 931(c)(2), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1734, added items 619 and 619a and struck out former item 619 “Eligibility for consideration for promotion”.

1985⁠—Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 514(b)(4)(B), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 628, substituted “rear admiral (lower half)” for “commodore” in item 625.

1981⁠—Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 405(b)(4)(B), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1106, substituted “commodore” for “commodore admiral” in item 625.