---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptII/ch36/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Promotions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch36-schII"
sections_count: 9
---

# Subchapter II — Promotions

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle A — General Military Law › Part II — Personnel › Chapter 36 — Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of Officers on the Active-Duty List

## Sections

- [§619. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other requirements](/usc/10/619.md)
- [§619a. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: designation as joint qualified officer required before promotion to general or flag grade; exceptions](/usc/10/619a.md)
- [§620. Active-duty lists](/usc/10/620.md)
- [§621. Competitive categories for promotion](/usc/10/621.md)
- [§622. Numbers to be recommended for promotion](/usc/10/622.md)
- [§623. Establishment of promotion zones](/usc/10/623.md)
- [§624. Promotions: how made](/usc/10/624.md)
- [§625. Authority to vacate promotions to grades of brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half)](/usc/10/625.md)
- [§626. Acceptance of promotions; oath of office](/usc/10/626.md)