Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§20211 Convening of selection boards

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle F— - Alternative Military Personnel Systems › Part PART I— - SPACE FORCE › Chapter CHAPTER 2005— - OFFICERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - SELECTION BOARDS › § 20211

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Air Force Secretary must convene selection boards as needed to recommend Space Force officers for promotion from first lieutenant through brigadier general. First lieutenants need no board if all qualified are recommended for captain under section 20239(c)(4)(A). Secretary may convene boards for early retirement under section 20404(a) or discharge under section 20404(b). Promotion boards must follow Secretary of Defense regulations.

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Title 10, §20211

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(a)Whenever the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the Air Force shall convene selection boards to recommend for promotion to the next higher permanent grade officers of the Space Force in each permanent grade from first lieutenant through brigadier general.

(b)Subsection (a) does not require the convening of a selection board in the case of Space Force officers in the permanent grade of first lieutenant when the Secretary of the Air Force recommends for promotion to the grade of captain under section 20239(c)(4)(A) of this title all such officers whom the Secretary finds to be fully qualified for promotion.

(c)The Secretary of the Air Force may convene selection boards to recommend officers for early retirement under section 20404(a) of this title or for discharge under section 20404(b) of this title.

(d)The convening of selection boards under subsection (a) shall be under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Defense.

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2024—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “20239(c)(4)(A)” for “20238(a)(4)(A)”.

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10 U.S.C. § 20211

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73