Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§20235 Space Force Officer List
Title 10 › Subtitle F — Alternative Military Personnel Systems › PART I — SPACE FORCE › CHAPTER 2005 — OFFICERS › SUBCHAPTER III — PROMOTIONS › § 20235
Summary
The Secretary must keep one list of all Space Force officers on active status. Officers are ordered by seniority in their grade and by their standing within that grade. If an officer is listed because of a temporary appointment or assignment, they go back to the grade and place they would have had when that ends.
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Title 10, §20235
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Single List.—
The Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain a single list of all Space Force officers serving in a space force active status. The list shall be known as the “Space Force officer list”.
(b)Order of Officers on List.—
Officers shall be carried on the Space Force officer list in the order of seniority of the grade in which they are serving. Officers serving in the same grade shall be carried in the order of their rank in that grade.
(c)Effect of Service in a Temporary Appointment.—
An officer whose position on the Space Force officer list results from service under a temporary appointment or in a grade held by reason of assignment to a position has, when that appointment or assignment ends, the grade and position on the Space Force officer list that the officer would have held if the officer had not received that appointment or assignment.
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10 U.S.C. § 20235
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110