---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 686"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "686"
heading: "Renumbered § 12318"
status: "renumbered"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/686"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 39 — Active Duty"
---

# [§686. Renumbered § 12318 — renumbered]



## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 686, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 32; Apr. 21, 1976, Pub. L. 94–273, § 11(2), 90 Stat. 378, provided for an annual officer grade distribution report, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–107, title III, § 303(a)(1), Nov. 9, 1979, 93 Stat. 806.