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CHAPTER 1405⁠—PROMOTIONS — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
14301.Eligibility for consideration for promotion: general rules.
14302.Promotion zones.
14303.Eligibility for consideration for promotion: minimum years of service in grade.
14304.Eligibility for consideration for promotion: maximum years of service in grade.
14305.Establishment of promotion zones: mandatory consideration for promotion.
14306.Establishment of promotion zones: Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve running mate system.
14307.Number of officers to be recommended for promotion.
14308.Promotions: how made.
14309.Acceptance of promotion; oath of office.
14310.Removal of officers from a list of officers recommended for promotion.
14311.Delay of promotion: involuntary.
14312.Delay of promotion: voluntary.
14313.Authority to vacate promotions to grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half).
14314.Army and Air Force commissioned officers: generals ceasing to occupy positions commensurate with grade; State adjutants general.
14315.Position vacancy promotions: Army and Air Force officers.
14316.Army National Guard and Air National Guard: appointment to and Federal recognition in a higher reserve grade after selection for promotion.
14317.Officers in transition to and from the active-status list or active-duty list.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006⁠—Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(4)(I), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3235, substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” in item 14306.

1996⁠—Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1501(b)(24), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 497, substituted “Number” for “Numbers” in item 14307, a semicolon for a colon in item 14309, and “State” for “state” in item 14314.