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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§579 Removal From a Promotion List

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 33A — APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS ON THE WARRANT OFFICER ACTIVE-DUTY LIST › § 579

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President can remove a warrant officer’s name from a promotion report. The Secretary in charge can also remove a warrant officer from a promotion list any time before the promotion takes effect. A removed officer can still be considered by future selection boards. If the next board selects the officer and the officer is promoted, the Secretary can give the officer the same pay effective date, date of rank, and place on the active-duty list the officer would have had without the removal. If the next board does not select the officer, or the officer’s name is removed again, the officer is treated as having failed selection twice.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §579

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The name of a warrant officer recommended for promotion by a selection board convened under this chapter may be removed from the report of the selection board by the President.
(b)The Secretary concerned may remove the name of a warrant officer who is on a promotion list as a result of being recommended for promotion by a selection board convened under this chapter at any time before the promotion is effective.
(c)An officer whose name is removed from the list of officers recommended for promotion by a selection board continues to be eligible for consideration for promotion.
(d)If the next selection board that considers the warrant officer for promotion under this chapter selects the warrant officer for promotion and the warrant officer is promoted, the Secretary concerned may, upon his promotion, grant him the same effective date for pay and allowances and the same date of rank, and the same position on the warrant officer active-duty list as the warrant officer would have had if his name had not been so removed.
(e)If the next selection board does not select the warrant officer for promotion, or if his name is again removed under subsection (a) from the list of officers recommended for promotion by the selection board or under subsection (b) from the warrant officer promotion list, he shall be treated for all purposes as if he has twice failed of selection for promotion.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 562 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–190, § 1112(a).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 1132 of Pub. L. 102–190, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1991 Amendment note under section 521 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 579

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102