Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§577 Promotions: effect of failure of selection for
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 33A— - APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS ON THE WARRANT OFFICER ACTIVE-DUTY LIST › § 577
Summary
Warrant officers who are passed over for promotion must be sent to later promotion boards for their grade or competitive category until they are promoted, retired, or separated. The Secretary may block officers who have a set separation or approved retirement date within 90 days of the board convening.
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Title 10, §577
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A warrant officer who has been considered for promotion by a selection board convened under section 573 of this title, but not selected, shall be considered for promotion by each subsequent selection board that considers officers in his grade (or grade and competitive category) until he is retired or separated or he is selected for promotion. However, the Secretary concerned may, by regulation, preclude from consideration by a selection board by which he would otherwise be eligible to be considered, a warrant officer who has an established separation date that is within 90 days after the date on which the board is convened or an approved retirement date.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 561 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–190, § 1112(a).
Amendments
2024—Pub. L. 118–159 inserted “or an approved retirement date” after “an established separation date that is within 90 days after the date on which the board is convened”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 1132 of Pub. L. 102–190, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1991 Amendment note under section 521 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 577
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73