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10 U.S.C. § 625 — Authority to vacate promotions to grades of brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half)

submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-513 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 157 words · no verdicts yet

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The President may cancel a brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) promotion if the officer served less than 18 months in that grade. The officer returns to the appropriate colonel or captain grade and active-duty-list position.

(a) The President may cancel an officer’s promotion to brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) if the officer served less than 18 months in that grade after being promoted under this chapter.

(b) If the officer is in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, the officer holds the regular grade of colonel if a regular officer, or reserve grade of colonel if a reserve officer. If the officer is in the Navy, the officer holds the regular grade of captain if a regular officer, or reserve grade of captain if a reserve officer.

(c) The officer’s active-duty-list position is the position the officer would have held without the promotion.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)

The President may vacate the promotion to the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) of an officer who has served less than 18 months in that grade after promotion to that grade under this chapter.

(b)

An officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps whose promotion is vacated under this section holds the regular grade of colonel, if he is a regular officer, or the reserve grade of colonel, if he is a reserve officer. An officer of the Navy whose promotion is vacated under this section holds the regular grade of captain, if he is a regular officer, or the reserve grade of captain, if he is a reserve officer.

(c)

The position on the active-duty list of an officer whose promotion is vacated under this section is the position he would have held had he not been promoted to the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half).

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2858; amended Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 405(b)(1), (4)(A), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1105; Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 514(b)(1), (4)(A), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(3)(H), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3821; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(b)(4), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 668.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-513 · 94 Stat. 2858
  • 1981Amended · Pub. L. 97-86 · 95 Stat. 1105
  • 1985Amended · Pub. L. 99-145 · 99 Stat. 628
  • 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3821
  • 2023Amended · Pub. L. 118-31 · 137 Stat. 668

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-513 on 1980-12-12.

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