---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 7152"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "7152"
heading: "General officers: title of office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/7152"
units:
  - "Subtitle B — Army"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 715 — Appointments in the Regular Army"
---

# §7152. General officers: title of office


An [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) holding an appointment as a [general officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-4) in the [Regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) Army may be called a [general officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-4) in the [Regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) Army. In addition, a [general officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-4) of the [Regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) Army in the Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Veterinary Corps, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, or the Chaplains, may be called a [general officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-4) of that branch.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 181, § 3282; renumbered § 7152, 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) |
| 3282 | 10:506(b) (less 2d sentence). | Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 502(b) (less 2d sentence), 61 Stat. 884. |

The words “may be called” are substituted for the words “shall be known as” and “may be specifically referred to”. The words “of that branch” are substituted for the enumeration of branches.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3282 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.