10 U.S.C. § 611 — Convening of selection boards
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-513 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 203 words · no verdicts yet
When service needs require it, military Secretaries must convene promotion boards for specified active-duty officers and may convene boards for continuation or early retirement. Defense Department regulations govern the boards.
(a) When service needs require it, the Secretary of the relevant military department must convene selection boards to recommend promotion to the next permanent grade* for active-duty-list officers in each permanent grade from first lieutenant through brigadier general in the Army*, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, and from lieutenant (junior grade) through rear admiral (lower half) in the Navy. A board is not required for first lieutenants, or Navy lieutenant (junior grade), when the Secretary recommends under section 624(a)(3) that every officer* in that grade whom the Secretary finds fully qualified be promoted.
(b) When service needs require it, the Secretary may convene boards to recommend keeping officers on active duty* under section 637 or retiring them early under section 638.
(c) The Secretary of Defense must issue regulations governing boards convened under (a) and (b).
Whenever the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall convene selection boards to recommend for promotion to the next higher permanent grade*, under subchapter II of this chapter, officers on the active-duty list* in each permanent grade from first lieutenant through brigadier general in the Army*, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force and from lieutenant (junior grade) through rear admiral (lower half) in the Navy. The preceding sentence does not require the convening of a selection board in the case of officers in the permanent grade of first lieutenant or, in the case of the Navy, lieutenant (junior grade) when the Secretary concerned* recommends for promotion to the next higher grade under section 624(a)(3) of this title all such officers whom the Secretary finds to be fully qualified for promotion.
Whenever the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the military department concerned may convene selection boards to recommend officers for continuation on active duty* under section 637 of this title or for early retirement under section 638 of this title.
The convening of selection boards under subsections (a) and (b) shall be under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2851; amended Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 405(b)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1105; Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 514(b)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 505(a)(3), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1086; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 521(d)(1), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1881.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-513 · 94 Stat. 2851
- 1981Amended · Pub. L. 97-86 · 95 Stat. 1105
- 1985Amended · Pub. L. 99-145 · 99 Stat. 628
- 2001Amended · Pub. L. 107-107 · 115 Stat. 1086
- 2024Amended · Pub. L. 118-159 · 138 Stat. 1881
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