Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60

§20237 Numbers to Be Recommended for Promotion

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle F— Alternative Military Personnel Systems › Part I— SPACE FORCE › Chapter 2005— OFFICERS › Subchapter III— PROMOTIONS › § 20237

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Before a promotion board meets to consider officers for ranks below brigadier general, the Secretary of the Air Force must set the maximum number of officers in each job category that the board can recommend. To do that, the Secretary must figure out how many positions are needed to meet mission goals at that rank, how many officers will be needed to fill expected vacancies when promotions occur, and how many Space Force active-status officers are authorized in that rank and job category to serve on sustained duty and not on sustained duty. Before a board meets to consider officers for brigadier general or major general, the Secretary must set separate maximums for officers on sustained duty and for officers not on sustained duty that the board may recommend. To set those limits, the Secretary must count positions needed for mission goals for both types of duty at that rank and estimate how many officers on and not on sustained duty will be needed to fill vacancies over the 24-month period starting when the board convenes.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §20237

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(a)(1)Before convening a selection board under section 20211 of this title to consider officers for recommendation for promotion to a grade below brigadier general and in any competitive category, the Secretary of the Air Force shall determine the maximum number of officers in that competitive category that the board may recommend for promotion.

(2)In order to make the determination under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall determine—

(A)the number of positions needed to accomplish mission objectives which require officers of that competitive category in the grade to which the board will recommend officers for promotion;

(B)the estimated number of officers needed to fill vacancies in those positions during the period in which it is anticipated that officers selected for promotion will be promoted; and

(C)the number of officers in a space force active status authorized by the Secretary of the Air Force to serve both on sustained duty and not on sustained duty in the grade and competitive category under consideration.

(b)(1)Before convening a selection board under section 20211 of this title to consider officers for recommendation for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or major general, the Secretary of the Air Force shall determine the maximum number of officers serving in a space force active status on sustained duty, and the maximum number of officers serving in a space force active status not on sustained duty, that the board may recommend for promotion.

(2)In order to make the determinations under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall determine—

(A)the number of positions needed to accomplish mission objectives which require officers serving in a space force active status on sustained duty, and in a space force active status not on sustained duty, in the grade to which the board will recommend officers for promotion; and

(B)the estimated number of officers on sustained duty and not on sustained duty needed to fill vacancies in those positions over the 24-month period beginning on the date on which the selection board convenes.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 20237

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60