---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stE/ptII/ch1219"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 1219"
heading: "Standards and Procedures for Retention and Promotion"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stE-ptII-ch1219"
sections_count: 7
---

# Chapter 1219 — Standards and Procedures for Retention and Promotion

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › Part II — Personnel Generally

## Sections

- [§12641. Standards and procedures: Secretary to prescribe](/usc/10/12641.md)
- [§12642. Standards and qualifications: result of failure to comply with](/usc/10/12642.md)
- [§12643. Boards for appointment, promotion, and certain other purposes: composition](/usc/10/12643.md)
- [§12644. Members physically not qualified for active duty: discharge or transfer to retired status](/usc/10/12644.md)
- [§12645. Commissioned officers: retention until completion of required service](/usc/10/12645.md)
- [§12646. Commissioned officers: retention of after completing 18 or more, but less than 20, years of service](/usc/10/12646.md)
- [§12647. Commissioned officers: retention in active status while assigned to Selective Service System or serving as United States property and fiscal officers](/usc/10/12647.md)