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§20236 Competitive Categories

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle F— Alternative Military Personnel Systems › Part I— SPACE FORCE › Chapter 2005— OFFICERS › Subchapter III— PROMOTIONS › § 20236

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Air Force Secretary must assign every Space Force officer to promotion categories so they compete only with others in the same category. For promotion to brigadier general or major general, one single category must cover all officers considered by a selection board under section 20211.

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Title 10, §20236

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(a)Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force shall establish at least one competitive category for promotion for officers on the Space Force officer list. Each officer whose name appears on the Space Force officer list shall be carried in a competitive category of officers. Officers in the same competitive category shall compete among themselves for promotion.
(b)The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish a single competitive category for all officers on the Space Force officer list who will be considered by a selection board convened under section 20211 of this title for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or major general.

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10 U.S.C. § 20236

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60