Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§14003 Reserve active-status lists: position of officers on the list

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Reserve Components › Part PART III— - PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST › Chapter CHAPTER 1401— - APPLICABILITY AND RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LISTS › § 14003

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Officers on the reserve active-status list must be put in order by how senior they are in the rank they are serving in on active duty. If several officers share the same rank, they are listed by their order within that rank. If an officer’s place on the list came from a temporary promotion or from holding a rank only because of a specific job, then when that ends the officer goes back to the rank and spot they would have had if they had not received that temporary promotion or assignment.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §14003

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(a)Officers shall be carried on the reserve active-status list of the armed force of which they are members in the order of seniority of the grade in which they are serving in an active status. Officers serving in the same grade shall be carried in the order of their rank in that grade.

(b)An officer whose position on the reserve active-status list results from service under a temporary appointment or in a grade held by reason of assignment to a position has, when that appointment or assignment ends, the grade and position on that list that the officer would have held if the officer had not received that appointment or assignment.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–106 inserted “lists” in section catchline.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1996 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 104–106 effective as if included in the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act, title XVI of Pub. L. 103–337, as enacted on Oct. 5, 1994, see section 1501(f)(3) of Pub. L. 104–106, set out as a note under section 113 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 14003

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73