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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60

§579 Removal From a Promotion List

Title 10 › Subtitle 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 Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President or the service Secretary can remove a warrant officer’s name from a promotion list. The Secretary in charge may do this at any time before the promotion becomes effective. Even if removed, the officer can still be considered for promotion later. If the next board picks the officer and they are promoted, the Secretary may give them the same pay start date, date of rank, and spot on the active-duty warrant officer list they would have had before removal. If the next board does not pick them, or their name is removed again, they are treated as having failed promotion 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.

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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

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60