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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 · § 625

§ 625.

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(a)The President may vacate the promotion to the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) of an officer who has served less than 18 months in that grade after promotion to that grade under this chapter.
(b)An officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps whose promotion is vacated under this section holds the regular grade of colonel, if he is a regular officer, or the reserve grade of colonel, if he is a reserve officer. An officer of the Navy whose promotion is vacated under this section holds the regular grade of captain, if he is a regular officer, or the reserve grade of captain, if he is a reserve officer.
(c)The position on the active-duty list of an officer whose promotion is vacated under this section is the position he would have held had he not been promoted to the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half).
(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2858; amended Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 405(b)(1), (4)(A), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1105; Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 514(b)(1), (4)(A), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(3)(H), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3821; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(b)(4), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 668.)
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  • Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105
  • 94 Stat. 2858
  • Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 405(b)(1)
  • 95 Stat. 1105
  • Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 514(b)(1)
  • 99 Stat. 628
  • 134 Stat. 3821
  • 137 Stat. 668
  • Pub. L. 99–145
  • Pub. L. 97–86
  • section 405(f) of Pub. L. 97–86
  • section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 405(b)(1)
Stat.95 Stat. 1105
Pub. L.Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 514(b)(1)
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