---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptII/ch36/schVI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter VI"
heading: "Alternative Promotion Authority for Officers in Designated Competitive Categories"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch36-schVI"
sections_count: 11
---

# Subchapter VI — Alternative Promotion Authority for Officers in Designated Competitive Categories

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

- [§649a. Officers in designated competitive categories](/usc/10/649a.md)
- [§649b. Selection for promotion](/usc/10/649b.md)
- [§649c. Eligibility for consideration for promotion](/usc/10/649c.md)
- [§649d. Opportunities for consideration for promotion](/usc/10/649d.md)
- [§649e. Promotions](/usc/10/649e.md)
- [§649f. Failure of selection for promotion](/usc/10/649f.md)
- [§649g. Retirement: retirement for years of service; selective early retirement](/usc/10/649g.md)
- [§649h. Continuation on active duty](/usc/10/649h.md)
- [§649i. Continuation on active duty: officers in certain military specialties and career tracks](/usc/10/649i.md)
- [§649j. Other administrative authorities](/usc/10/649j.md)
- [§649k. Regulations](/usc/10/649k.md)