Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§8470 Permanent Professors: Promotion
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART III — EDUCATION AND TRAINING › CHAPTER 853 — UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY › § 8470
Summary
Permanent professors can be recommended for promotion to the rank of captain or colonel under rules set by the Secretary of the Navy. The rules must use a competitive selection board to pick the most qualified, and the President appoints those chosen with the Senate’s approval. Any promotion under these rules cannot take effect earlier than three years after the officer was selected as a permanent professor.
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Title 10, §8470
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(a)Promotion.—
An officer serving as a permanent professor may be recommended for promotion to the grade of captain or colonel, as the case may be, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. The regulations shall include a competitive selection board process to identify those permanent professors best qualified for promotion. An officer so recommended shall be promoted by appointment to the higher grade by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b)Effective Date of Promotion.—
If made, the promotion of an officer under subsection (a) shall be effective not earlier than three years after the selection of the officer as a permanent professor as described in that subsection.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6970 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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10 U.S.C. § 8470
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110