Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60

§14505 Effect of Failure of Selection for Promotion: Reserve Captains of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and Reserve Lieutenants of the Navy

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— Reserve Components › Part III— PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST › Chapter 1407— FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION AND INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION › § 14505

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Reserve captains (Army, Air Force, Marine Corps) and Navy reserve lieutenants who fail promotion to the next rank twice must be separated under section 14513. They are not separated only if they are kept under 12646 or 12686, are on a promotion recommendation list, or are chosen to continue under 14701 or 14701a, and the separation must happen by the first day of the seventh month after the Secretary publicly releases the board’s second promotion results.

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Title 10, §14505

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Unless retained as provided in section 12646 or 12686 of this title, a captain on the reserve active-status list of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps or a lieutenant on the reserve active-status list of the Navy who has failed of selection for promotion to the next higher grade for the second time and whose name is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the next higher grade and who has not been selected for continuation on the reserve active-status list under section 14701 or 14701a of this title, shall be separated in accordance with section 14513 of this title not later than the first day of the seventh month after the month in which the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–159, § 513(c)(2), inserted “or 14701a” after “14701”. Pub. L. 118–159, § 505(b)(5), substituted “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public” for “the President approves the report of the board which considered the officer for the second time”.

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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. § 14505

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60