US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 625

Authority to vacate promotions to grades of brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half)

(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).

Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 10594 Stat. 2858Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 405(b)(1)95 Stat. 1105Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 514(b)(1)99 Stat. 628Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(3)(H)134 Stat. 3821Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(b)(4)137 Stat. 668(Added , , ; amended , (4)(A), , ; , (4)(A), , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 118–312023—Subsec. (b). substituted “or Marine Corps” for “Marine Corps, or Space Force”.

Pub. L. 116–2832021—Subsec. (b). substituted “Marine Corps, or Space Force” for “or Marine Corps”.

Pub. L. 99–1451985— substituted “rear admiral (lower half)” for “commodore” in section catchline and subsecs. (a) and (c).

Pub. L. 97–861981— substituted “commodore” for “commodore admiral” in section catchline and subsecs. (a) and (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Pub. L. 97–86section 405(f) of Pub. L. 97–86section 101 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date

section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513section 101 of this titleSection effective , but the authority to prescribe regulations under this section effective on , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under .