Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§1184 Removal of Officer: Action by Secretary Upon Recommendation of Board of Inquiry
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 60 — SEPARATION OF REGULAR OFFICERS FOR SUBSTANDARD PERFORMANCE OF DUTY OR FOR CERTAIN OTHER REASONS › § 1184
Summary
The Secretary of the officer's military department can remove the officer from active duty. The Secretary may do this when a board of inquiry set up under section 1182 recommends the removal.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §1184
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The Secretary of the military department concerned may remove an officer from active duty if the removal of such officer from active duty is recommended by a board of inquiry convened under section 1182 of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1998—Pub. L. 105–261 substituted “inquiry” for “review” in section catchline and “board of inquiry convened under section 1182 of this title” for “board of review convened under section 1183 of this title” in text.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to prescribe
Regulations
under this section effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1980 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 1184
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102