---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptII/ch36"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 36"
heading: "Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of Officers on the Active-Duty List"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch36"
sections_count: 54
---

# Chapter 36 — Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of Officers on the Active-Duty List

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle A — General Military Law › Part II — Personnel

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Selection Boards](/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch36-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Promotions](/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch36-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Failure of Selection for Promotion and Retirement for Years of Service](/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch36-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Continuation on Active Duty and Selective Early Retirement](/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch36-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Additional Provisions Relating to Promotion, Separation, and Retirement](/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch36-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Alternative Promotion Authority for Officers in Designated Competitive Categories](/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch36-schVI.md)