Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§20244 Eligibility for consideration for promotion: duty assignments

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle F— - Alternative Military Personnel Systems › Part PART I— - SPACE FORCE › Chapter CHAPTER 2005— - OFFICERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - PROMOTIONS › § 20244

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force must make rules that stop a Space Force officer from being considered for promotion to brigadier general unless the officer has finished two duty assignments: one with a command or organization responsible for acquisition and one with a command or organization responsible for operations. Those rules must be issued within one year after the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 becomes law, and they apply to officers considered for promotion on or after January 1, 2035.

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Title 10, §20244

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(a)The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe regulations to ensure that an officer on the Space Force officer list is not considered for promotion to the grade of brigadier general unless the officer has completed—

(1)a duty assignment with a command or other organization that has responsibility for acquisition matters; and

(2)a duty assignment with a command or other organization that has responsibility for operations.

(b)(1)The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe the regulations required under subsection (a) not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026; and

(2)The regulations required under subsection (a) shall apply to officers considered for promotion to brigadier general on or after January 1, 2035.

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The date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, referred to in subsec. (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 119–60, which was approved Dec. 18, 2025.

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10 U.S.C. § 20244

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73