---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stE/ptIII/ch1405"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 1405"
heading: "Promotions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stE-ptIII-ch1405"
sections_count: 17
---

# Chapter 1405 — Promotions

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › Part III — Promotion and Retention of Officers on the Reserve Active-Status List

## Sections

- [§14301. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: general rules](/usc/10/14301.md)
- [§14302. Promotion zones](/usc/10/14302.md)
- [§14303. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: minimum years of service in grade](/usc/10/14303.md)
- [§14304. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: maximum years of service in grade](/usc/10/14304.md)
- [§14305. Establishment of promotion zones: mandatory consideration for promotion](/usc/10/14305.md)
- [§14306. Establishment of promotion zones: Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve running mate system](/usc/10/14306.md)
- [§14307. Number of officers to be recommended for promotion](/usc/10/14307.md)
- [§14308. Promotions: how made](/usc/10/14308.md)
- [§14309. Acceptance of promotion; oath of office](/usc/10/14309.md)
- [§14310. Removal of officers from a list of officers recommended for promotion](/usc/10/14310.md)
- [§14311. Delay of promotion: involuntary](/usc/10/14311.md)
- [§14312. Delay of promotion: voluntary](/usc/10/14312.md)
- [§14313. Authority to vacate promotions to grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half)](/usc/10/14313.md)
- [§14314. Army and Air Force commissioned officers: generals ceasing to occupy positions commensurate with grade; State adjutants general](/usc/10/14314.md)
- [§14315. Position vacancy promotions: Army and Air Force officers](/usc/10/14315.md)
- [§14316. Army National Guard and Air National Guard: appointment to and Federal recognition in a higher reserve grade after selection for promotion](/usc/10/14316.md)
- [§14317. Officers in transition to and from the active-status list or active-duty list](/usc/10/14317.md)