Federal
Title 10 — Armed Forces
4,032 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 20212 — Composition of selection boards
- § 20213 — Notice of convening of selection boards
- § 20214 — Information furnished to selection boards
- § 20215 — Recommendations for promotion by selection boards
- § 20216 — Reports of selection boards
- § 20217 — Action on reports of selection boards for promotion to brigadier general or major general
- § 20231 — Eligibility for consideration for promotion: general rules
- § 20232 — Authority to allow officers to opt out of selection board consideration
- § 20233 — Eligibility for consideration for promotion: designation as joint qualified officer required before promotion to brigadier general; exceptions
- § 20234 — Opportunities for consideration for promotion
- § 20235 — Space Force officer list
- § 20236 — Competitive categories
- § 20237 — Numbers to be recommended for promotion
- § 20238 — Establishment of promotion zones
- § 20239 — Promotions: how made
- § 20240 — Acceptance of promotions; oath of office
- § 20241 — Removal of officers from a list of officers recommended for promotion
- § 20242 — Authority to vacate promotions to grade of brigadier general
- § 20243 — General officers ceasing to occupy positions commensurate with grade
- § 20244 — Eligibility for consideration for promotion: duty assignments
- § 20251 — Failure of selection for promotion
- § 20252 — Special selection boards; correction of errors
- § 20252a — Special selection review boards: reference
- § 20253 — Retirement: retirement for years of service
- § 20261 — Selection of officers for continuation on the Space Force officer list
- § 20262 — Retirement: selective early retirement
- § 20263 — Entitlement of officers discharged or retired under this chapter to separation pay or retired pay
- § 20264 — Other administrative authorities
- § 203 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(d)(1) , Dec. 23, 2016 , 130 Stat. 2102 ]
- § 20301 — Original enlistments: qualifications; grade
- § 20302 — Enlisted members: term of enlistment
- § 20303 — Reference to chapter 31
- § 2031 — Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
- § 2032 — Responsibility of the Secretaries of the military departments to maximize enrollment and enhance efficiency
- § 2033 — Instructor qualifications
- § 2034 — Educational institutions not maintaining units of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps: issuance of arms, tentage, and equipment
- § 2035 — Flexibility in authorities for management of programs and units
- § 2036 — Grants to support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education
- § 204 — Renumbered § 3848]
- § 20401 — Applicability of certain provisions of law related to separation
- § 20402 — Enlisted members: standards and qualifications for retention
- § 20403 — Officers: standards and qualifications for retention
- § 20404 — Selection of officers for early retirement or discharge
- § 20405 — Force shaping authority
- § 205 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1649(b)(1) , Dec. 23, 2024 , 138 Stat. 2199 ]
- § 20501 — Authority to establish procedures to consider the separation of officers for substandard performance of duty and for certain other reasons
- § 20502 — Retention boards
- § 20503 — Removal of officer: action by Secretary upon recommendation of retention board
- § 20504 — Rights and procedures
- § 20505 — Officer considered for removal: voluntary retirement or discharge
- § 20506 — Officers eligible to serve on retention boards
- § 20601 — Officers: voluntary retirement for length of service
- § 20602 — Officers: computation of years of service for voluntary retirement
- § 20603 — Enlisted members: voluntary retirement for length of service
- § 20604 — Enlisted members: computation of years of service for voluntary retirement
- § 20605 — Applicability of other provisions of law relating to retirement
- § 20701 — Promotion rates
- § 20702 — Modifications to career fields and codes
- § 2101 — Definitions
- § 2102 — Establishment
- § 2103 — Eligibility for membership
- § 2103a — Students not eligible for advanced training: commitment to military service
- § 2104 — Advanced training; eligibility for
- § 2105 — Advanced training; failure to complete or to accept commission
- § 2106 — Advanced training; commission on completion
- § 2107 — Financial assistance program for specially selected members
- § 2107a — Financial assistance program for specially selected members: Army Reserve and Army National Guard
- § 2108 — Advanced standing; interruption of training; delay in starting obligated service; release from program
- § 2109 — Practical military training
- § 2110 — Logistical support
- § 2111 — Personnel: administrators and instructors
- § 2111a — Support for senior military colleges
- § 2111b — Senior military colleges: Department of Defense international student program
- § 2112 — Establishment
- § 2112a — Continued operation of University
- § 2113 — Administration of University
- § 2113a — Board of Regents
- § 2113b — Academic Health System
- § 2114 — Students: selection; status; obligation
- § 2114a — Eligibility of members of foreign militaries to enroll in the University
- § 2115 — Graduates: limitation on number permitted to perform civilian Federal service
- § 2116 — Military nursing research
- § 2117 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 525(a)(1) , Oct. 28, 2009 , 123 Stat. 2286 ]
- § 2120 — Definitions
- § 2121 — Establishment
- § 2122 — Eligibility for participation
- § 2123 — Members of the program: active duty obligation; failure to complete training; release from program
- § 2124 — Members of the program: numbers appointed
- § 2125 — Members of the program: exclusion from authorized strengths
- § 2126 — Members of the program: service credit
- § 2127 — Scholarships and financial assistance: payments
- § 2128 — Accession bonus for members of the program
- § 2130a — Financial assistance: nurse officer candidates
- § 2131 — Reference to chapter 1606
- § 2132 — Renumbered § 16132]
- § 2133 — Renumbered § 16133]
- § 2134 — Renumbered § 16134]
- § 2135 — Renumbered § 16135]
- § 2136 — Renumbered § 16136]
- § 2137 — Renumbered § 16137]
- § 2138 — Savings provision
- § 2141 — Educational assistance program: establishment
- § 2142 — Educational assistance program: eligibility
- § 2143 — Educational assistance: amount
- § 2144 — Subsistence allowance
- § 2145 — Adjustments of amount of educational assistance and of subsistence allowance
- § 2146 — Right of member upon subsequent reenlistment to lump-sum payment in lieu of educational assistance
- § 2147 — Right of member after reenlisting to transfer entitlement to spouse or dependent children
- § 2148 — Duration of entitlement
- § 2149 — Applications for educational assistance
- § 2151 — Definitions
- § 2152 — Joint professional military education: general requirements
- § 2153 — Capstone course: newly selected general and flag officers
- § 2154 — Joint professional military education: three-phase approach
- § 2155 — Joint professional military education Phase II program of instruction
- § 2156 — Joint Forces Staff College: duration of principal course of instruction
- § 2157 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1051(a)(10)(A) , Dec. 12, 2017 , 131 Stat. 1560 ]
- § 2161 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LIII, § 5324(e)(1) , formerly § 5324(g)(1), Dec. 20, 2019 , 133 Stat. 2137 , renumbered § 5324(e)(1), Pub. L. 116–260, div. W, title III, § 305(c)(3) , Dec. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 2367 ]
- § 2162 — Preparation of budget requests for operation of professional military education schools
- § 2163 — Degree granting authority for National Defense University
- § 2164 — Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools
- § 2164a — Rights of parents of children attending schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity
- § 2164b — Eligibility of certain dependents for enrollment in domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools
- § 2164c — Authorization of dual or concurrent enrollment programs for students of Defense Dependent Schools
- § 2164d — Limitation on school closures and certain other actions with respect to schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity
- § 2165 — National Defense University: component institutions
- § 2166 — Renumbered § 343]
- § 2167 — National Defense University: admission of private sector civilians to professional military education program
- § 2167a — Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy: admission of private sector civilians to receive instruction
- § 2168 — Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center: degree of Associate or Bachelor of Arts in foreign language
- § 2169 — School of Nursing: establishment
- § 2171 — Education loan repayment program: enlisted members on active duty in specified military specialties
- § 2172 — Renumbered § 16302]
- § 2173 — Education loan repayment program: commissioned officers in specified health professions
- § 2174 — Interest payment program: members on active duty
- § 2181 — Definitions
- § 2182 — Educational assistance: dependents of captives
- § 2183 — Educational assistance: former captives
- § 2184 — Termination of assistance
- § 2185 — Programs to be consistent with programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- § 2191 — Graduate fellowships
- § 2192 — Improvement of education in technical fields: general authority regarding education in science, mathematics, and engineering
- § 2192a — Renumbered § 4093]
- § 2192b — Program on enhancement of preparation of dependents of members of armed forces for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
- § 2192c — Office for academic engagement relating to cyber activities
- § 2193 — Improvement of education in technical fields: grants for higher education in science and mathematics
- § 2193a — Improvement of education in technical fields: general authority for support of elementary and secondary education in science and mathematics
- § 2193b — Improvement of education in technical fields: program for support of elementary and secondary education in science, technology, engineering, art and design, and mathematics
- § 2194 — Education partnerships
- § 2195 — Department of Defense cooperative education programs
- § 2196 — Renumbered § 4843]
- § 2197 — Renumbered § 4844]
- § 2198 — Management training program in Japanese language and culture
- § 2199 — Definitions
- § 2200 — Programs; purpose
- § 2200a — Scholarship program
- § 2200b — Grant program
- § 2200c — Special considerations in awarding scholarships and grants
- § 2200d — Regulations
- § 2200e — Definitions
- § 2200f — Inapplicability to Coast Guard
- § 2200g — Establishment
- § 2200h — Program elements
- § 2200i — Model authorities
- § 2200j — Definitions
- § 2201 — Apportionment of funds: authority for exemption; excepted expenses
- § 2202 — Regulations on production, warehousing, and supply distribution functions
- § 2203 — Budget estimates
- § 2204 — Obligation of appropriations
- § 2205 — Reimbursements
- § 2206 — Disbursement of funds of military department to cover obligation of another agency of Department of Defense
- § 2207 — Renumbered § 4651]
- § 2208 — Working-capital funds
- § 2209 — Management funds
- § 221 — Future-years defense program: submission to Congress; consistency in budgeting
- § 2210 — Proceeds of sales of supplies: credit to appropriations
- § 2211 — Reimbursement for equipment, material, or services furnished members of the United Nations
- § 2212 — Renumbered § 3138]
- § 2213 — Renumbered § 3070]
- § 2214 — Transfer of funds: procedure and limitations
- § 2215 — Transfer of funds to other departments and agencies: limitation
- § 2216 — Renumbered § 3136]
- § 2216a — Rapidly meeting urgent needs: Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund
- § 2217 — Renumbered § 3135]
- § 2218 — National Defense Sealift Fund
- § 2218a — National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund
- § 2219 — Grants for improvement of Navy ship repair or alterations capability
- § 222 — Future-years mission budget
- § 2220 — Performance based management: acquisition programs
- § 2221 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title IX, § 906(f)(1) , Oct. 17, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2096 ]
- § 2222 — Defense business systems: business process reengineering; enterprise architecture; management
- § 2223 — Information technology: additional responsibilities of Chief Information Officers
- § 2223a — Renumbered § 4571]
- § 2224 — Defense Information Assurance Program
- § 2224a — Information security: continued applicability of expiring Governmentwide requirements to the Department of Defense
- § 2225 — Insider threat detection
- § 2226 — Renumbered § 4602]
- § 2227 — Renumbered § 4601]
- § 2228 — Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight
- § 2229 — Strategic policy on prepositioning of materiel and equipment