Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§7225 Rank: Warrant Officers
Title 10 › Subtitle B — Army › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 725 — RANK AND COMMAND › § 7225
Summary
Warrant officers hold ranks immediately below second lieutenants. The Secretary of the Army will set the rules that decide how warrant officers are ordered among themselves in each warrant officer grade.
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Title 10, §7225
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Warrant officers rank next below second lieutenants and rank among themselves within each warrant officer grade under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 357510:593 (less 1st sentence).Aug. 21, 1941, ch. 384, § 4 (less 1st sentence), 55 Stat. 653; May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 19(e), 68 Stat. 167. 10:593 (2d sentence) is omitted as executed. The words “within each warrant officer grade” are inserted for clarity, since section 745 of this title covers rank between warrant officers in different warrant officer grades.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3575 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7225
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102