US Code Title 10 Chapter 36 Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of Officers on the Active-duty List

Subchapter I - Selection Boards

§ 611 - Convening of Selection Boards
§ 612 - Composition of Selection Boards
§ 613 - Oath of Members of Selection Boards
§ 613a - Nondisclosure of Board Proceedings
§ 614 - Notice of Convening of Selection Boards
§ 615 - Information Furnished to Selection Boards
§ 616 - Recommendations for Promotion by Selection Boards
§ 617 - Reports of Selection Boards
§ 618 - Action on Reports of Selection Boards

Subchapter II - Promotions

§ 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

Subchapter III - Failure of Selection for Promotion and Retirement for Years of Service

§ 627 - Failure of Selection for Promotion
§ 628 - Special Selection Boards
§ 629 - Removal From a List of Officers Recommended for Promotion
§ 630 - Discharge of Commissioned Officers With Less Then Six Years of Active Commissioned Service or Found Not Qualified for Promotion for First Lieutenant or Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
§ 631 - Effect of Failure of Selection for Promotion: First Lieutenants and Lieutenants (Junior Grade)
§ 632 - Effect of Failure of Selection for Promotion: Captains and Majors of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and Lieutenants and Lieutenant Commanders of the Navy
§ 633 - Retirement for Years of Service: Regular Lieutenant Colonels and Commanders
§ 634 - Retirement for Years of Service: Regular Colonels and Navy Captains
§ 635 - Retirement for Years of Service: Regular Brigadier Generals and Rear Admirals (Lower Half)
§ 636 - Retirement for Years of Service: Regular Officers in Grades Above Brigadier General and Rear Admiral (Lower Half)

Subchapter IV - Continuation on Active Duty and Selective Early Retirement

§ 637 - Selection of Regular Officers for Continuation on Active Duty
§ 638 - Selective Early Retirement
§ 638a - Modification to Rules for Continuation on Active Duty; Enhanced Authority for Selective Early Retirement and Early Discharges
§ 638b - Voluntary Retirement Incentive
§ 639 - Continuation on Active Duty to Complete Disciplinary Action
§ 640 - Deferment of Retirement or Separation for Medical Reasons

Subchapter V - Additional Provisions Relating to Promotion, Separation, and Retirement

§ 641 - Applicability of Chapter
§ 642 - Entitlement of Officers Discharged or Retired Under This Chapter to Separation Pay or Retired Pay
§ 643 - Chaplains: Discharge or Retirement Upon Loss of Professional Qualifications
§ 645 - Definitions
§ 646 - Consideration of Performance as a Member of the Joint Staff
§ 647 - Force Shaping Authority

Last modified: October 26, 2015