Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§20237 Numbers to Be Recommended for Promotion

Title 10 › Subtitle F — Alternative Military Personnel Systems › PART I — SPACE FORCE › CHAPTER 2005 — OFFICERS › SUBCHAPTER III — PROMOTIONS › § 20237

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force must set a limit on how many officers a promotion board can recommend for each job category before the board meets. To set that limit for ranks below brigadier general, the Secretary must count how many jobs need officers in that rank, estimate how many officers will be needed to fill openings when promotions happen, and count how many Space Force active-duty officers are authorized to serve in that rank and job category (both on sustained duty and not on sustained duty). For promotions to brigadier general and major general, the Secretary must set separate limits for officers on sustained duty and for those not on sustained duty before the board meets. To do that, the Secretary must count needed positions for each duty status and estimate how many officers will be needed to fill vacancies in those positions over the 24-month period starting when the board convenes.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §20237

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(a)Promotion to Grades Below Brigadier General.—

(1)Determination of maximum number.—

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)Determinations.—

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)Promotion to Brigadier General and Major General.—

(1)Determination of maximum numbers.—

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)Determinations.—

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110