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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§20234 Opportunities for consideration for promotion

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle F— - Alternative Military Personnel Systems › Part PART I— - SPACE FORCE › Chapter CHAPTER 2005— - OFFICERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - PROMOTIONS › § 20234

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force must set how many times Space Force officers can be considered for promotion to any rank above captain. The Secretary of the Air Force can change those numbers for a promotion category, but not more often than once every five years. The Secretary of Defense can also change the numbers at any time. The number of such opportunities cannot be more than five. If a cut in the number would remove any promotion chances an officer already had, that officer must be given one extra chance after the cut.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §20234

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of the Air Force shall specify the number of opportunities for consideration for promotion to be afforded to Space Force officers for promotion to each grade above the grade of captain.
(b)The Secretary of the Air Force may modify the number of opportunities for consideration for promotion to be afforded officers within a competitive category for promotion to a particular grade, as previously specified by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a), not more frequently than once every five years.
(c)The Secretary of Defense may modify the number of opportunities for consideration for promotion to be afforded officers of the Space Force within a competitive category for promotion to a particular grade, as previously specified or modified pursuant to any provision of this section, at the discretion of the Secretary.
(d)The number of opportunities for consideration for promotion to be afforded officers of the Space Force within a competitive category for promotion to a particular grade, as specified or modified pursuant to any provision of this section, may not exceed five opportunities.
(e)If, by reason of a reduction in the number of opportunities for consideration for promotion under this section, an officer would no longer have one or more opportunities for consideration for promotion that were available to the officer before the reduction, the officer shall be afforded one additional opportunity for consideration for promotion after the reduction.

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2024—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “pursuant to subsection (a)” for “pursuant subsection (a)”.

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10 U.S.C. § 20234

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73