---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 7151"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "7151"
heading: "Commissioned officer grades"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/7151"
units:
  - "Subtitle B — Army"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 715 — Appointments in the Regular Army"
---

# §7151. Commissioned officer grades


The commissioned [grades](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) in the [Regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) Army are:

- (1) Major general.
- (2) Brigadier general.
- (3) Colonel.
- (4) Lieutenant colonel.
- (5) Major.
- (6) Captain.
- (7) First lieutenant.
- (8) Second lieutenant.

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 181, § 3281; renumbered § 7151, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 3281 | 10:506(a) (last 24 words). | Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 502(a) (last 24 words), 61 Stat. 884. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3281 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.