CHAPTER 32-OFFICER STRENGTH AND DISTRIBUTION IN GRADE
521.
Authority to prescribe total strengths of officers on active duty and officer strengths in various categories.
522.
Authorized total strengths: regular commissioned officers on active duty.
523.
Authorized strengths: commissioned officers on active duty in grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain.
525.
Distribution of commissioned officers on active duty in general officer and flag officer grades.
526.
Authorized strength: general and flag officers on active duty.
527.
Authority to suspend sections 523, 525, and 526.
528.
Limitation on number of officers on active duty in grades of general and admiral.
Amendments
1994-
Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IV, §405(b)(2), title XVI, §1671(b)(4), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2745
, 3013, struck out item 524 "Authorized strengths: reserve officers on active duty or on full-time National Guard duty for administration of the reserves or the National Guard in grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain", struck out "524," after "523," in item 527, and added item 528.
1988-
Pub. L. 100–370, §1(b)(3), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 840
, struck out former item 526 "Authority to suspend sections 523, 524, and 525", and added items 526 and 527.
1984-Pub. L. 98–525, title IV, §414(a)(4)(B)(ii), inserted references to the National Guard and to full-time National Guard duty in item 524.