Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§12206 Commissioned Officers: Appointment of Former Commissioned Officers

Title 10 › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › PART II — PERSONNEL GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1205 — APPOINTMENT OF RESERVE OFFICERS › § 12206

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can set rules so a former commissioned officer who meets the qualifications can be appointed as a reserve officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps. The person can be placed on that service’s reserve active‑status list in the same permanent regular or reserve rank and the same competitive category they held when they last served satisfactorily on active duty or in an active status, and they can get credit for time in that rank when figuring their date of rank under section 741(d) of this title.

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Title 10, §12206

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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a person who is a former commissioned officer may, if otherwise qualified, be appointed as a reserve officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps. A person so appointed—
(1)may be placed on the reserve active-status list of that armed force in the grade equivalent to the permanent regular or reserve grade, and in the same competitive category, in which the person previously served satisfactorily on active duty or in an active status; and
(2)may be credited for the purpose of determining date of rank under section 741(d) of this title with service in grade equal to that held by that person when discharged or separated.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(c)(2), renumbered section 596a of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 12206

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102