US Code

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

10 U.S.C. § 7153

Commissioned officers: appointment without specification of branch; transfer between branches

(a)
Appointments in commissioned grades in the Regular Army shall be made without specification of branch except in each of the special branches and as professors or director of admissions of the United States Military Academy.
(b)
Commissioned officers appointed in the Regular Army without specification of branch shall be assigned, and may be transferred and reassigned, by the Secretary of the Army to branches other than the special branches, according to their professional qualifications and the needs of the Army.

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 181Pub. L. 85–600, § 1(4)72 Stat. 522Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, § 820(d)(1)92 Stat. 1627Pub. L. 95–551, § 292 Stat. 2069Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(3)132 Stat. 1838(, , § 3283; , , ; , , ; , , ; renumbered § 7153, , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

3283(a)

 

3283(b)

10:506(b) (2d sentence).

10:506(c) (1st sentence).

10:506(c) (less 1st sentence and less proviso).

Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 502(b) (2d sentence), (c) (less proviso), 61 Stat. 884; June 12, 1948, ch. 449, § 104(d)(1), 62 Stat. 358.

Subsection (a) is substituted for 10:506(b) (2d sentence) and 506(c) (1st sentence). The words “in each of the special branches” are substituted for the enumeration of branches in 10:506(b) (2d sentence) and for the words “each of the several corps of the Army Medical Service, as chaplains”, in 10:506(c).

In subsection (b), the words “other than the special branches and the Women’s Army Corps” are substituted for 10:506(c) (words between 3d and 4th parentheses). The word “their” is substituted for the words “of the officers concerned”. The words “of the Army” are substituted for the words “of the branches, arms, and services”. The words “from time to time” and “arms, and services” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–232section 3283 of this title2018— renumbered as this section.

Pub. L. 95–5511978—Subsec. (a). substituted “director of admissions” for “registrar”.

Pub. L. 95–485 struck out “, in the Women’s Army Corps,” after “special branches”.

Pub. L. 95–485Subsec. (b). struck out “and the Women’s Army Corps” after “special branches”.

Pub. L. 85–6001958—Subsec. (a). inserted reference to registrar of the Military Academy.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Pub. L. 115–232section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232section 3001 of this titleAmendment by effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .