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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 36— PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST · SUBCHAPTER II— PROMOTIONS · § 621

§ 621.

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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each military department shall establish competitive categories for promotion. Each officer whose name appears on an active-duty list shall be carried in a competitive category of officers. Officers in the same competitive category shall compete among themselves for promotion.
(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2856.)
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  • Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105
  • 94 Stat. 2856
  • section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513
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