PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must set up rules, after getting advice from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to watch over the careers of officers who are joint qualified and of other officers serving in joint duty jobs. That oversight must include checking that the career guidelines in section 661(e) are being followed. The Secretary must also strengthen the Joint Staff so it can track promotions and assignments for those officers and advise the Chairman on joint personnel matters.

Title 10, §665

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Procedures.—

(1)The Secretary of Defense, with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall establish procedures for overseeing the careers of—

(A)officers designated as a joint qualified officer; and

(B)other officers who serve in joint duty assignments.

(2)Such oversight shall include monitoring of the implementation of the career guidelines established under section 661(e) of this title.

(b)Function of Joint Staff.—

The Secretary shall take such action as necessary to enhance the capabilities of the Joint Staff so that it can—

(1)monitor the promotions and career assignments of officers designated as a joint qualified officer and of other officers who have served in joint duty assignments; and

(2)otherwise advise the Chairman on joint personnel matters.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–417 in section catchline substituted “joint qualified officers” for “joint officers” and in subsecs. (a)(1)(A) and (b)(1) substituted “designated as a joint qualified officer” for “with the joint specialty”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transition to Joint Officer Personnel PolicyProcedures under subsec. (a) of this section to be established not later than the end of the eight-month period beginning Oct. 1, 1986, and provisions of subsec. (b) of this section to be implemented not later than the end of such period, see section 406(c) of Pub. L. 99–433, set out as a note under section 661 of this title.

§665 Procedures for Monitoring Careers of Joint Qualified Officers