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CHAPTER 35⁠—TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN OFFICER GRADES — Front Matter

Sec.
601.Positions of importance and responsibility: generals and lieutenant generals; admirals and vice admirals.
602.Flexibility in determining terms of appointment for certain senior officer positions.
603.Appointments in time of war or national emergency.
604.Senior joint officer positions: recommendations to the Secretary of Defense.
605.Promotion to certain grades for officers with critical skills: colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain; captain, commander, lieutenant commander, lieutenant.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2023⁠—Pub. L. 118-31, div. A, title V, § 504(b), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 241, added item 602.

2018⁠—Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title V, § 503(a)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1742, added item 605.

1994⁠—Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title IV, § 405(c)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2745, added item 604.

1991⁠—Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title XI, § 1113(d)(1)(B), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1502, struck out item 602 “Warrant officers: temporary promotions” and substituted “Appointments in time of war or national emergency” for “Commissioned officer grades: time of war or national emergency” in item 603.