Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§622 Numbers to Be Recommended for Promotion

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 36 — PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST › SUBCHAPTER II — PROMOTIONS › § 622

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Before a selection board meets for any grade and competitive category, the military department Secretary must, under Defense Department rules, determine (1) positions needing those officers, (2) estimated vacancies during the promotion period, and (3) the number of authorized active‑duty officers in that grade and category. Then the Secretary sets the maximum the board may recommend.

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Title 10, §622

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Before convening a selection board under section 611(a) of this title for any grade and competitive category, the Secretary of the military department concerned, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, shall determine (1) the number of positions needed to accomplish mission objectives which require officers of such competitive category in the grade to which the board will recommend officers for promotion, (2) the estimated number of officers needed to fill vacancies in such positions during the period in which it is anticipated that officers selected for promotion will be promoted, and (3) the number of officers authorized by the Secretary of the military department concerned to serve on active duty in the grade and competitive category under consideration. Based on such determinations, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall determine the maximum number of officers in such competitive category which the selection board may recommend for promotion.

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to prescribe

Regulations

under this section effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1980 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 622

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102