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CHAPTER 36⁠—PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST — Front Matter

SubchapterSec.
I.Selection Boards611
II.Promotions619
III.Failure of Selection for Promotion and Retirement for Years of Service627
IV.Continuation on Active Duty and Selective Early Retirement637
V.Additional Provisions Relating to Promotion, Separation, and Retirement641
VI.Alternative Promotion Authority for Officers in Designated Competitive Categories649a

Miscellaneous

2018⁠—Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title V, § 507(a)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1748, added item for subchapter VI.