UNITED STATES CODE | TITLE 10 | ARMED FORCES

The following is a list of Sections within U.S Code | Title 10 | Armed Forces, that apply to LDOs and/or CWOs.

U.S. Code | Title 10 | Subtitle A | Part II | Personnel

Chapter 33 - Original Appointments of Regular Officers in Grades Above Warrant Officer Grades
Code § 531
- Original Appointments of Commissioned Officers

Chapter 33A - Appointment, Promotion, and Involuntary Separation and Retirement for Members on the Warrant Officer Active-Duty List
Code § 571
- Warrant officers:  grades
Code § 572
- Warrant officers: original appointment; service credit
Code § 573
- Convening of selection boards
Code § 574
- Warrant officers active-duty lists; competitive categories; number to be recommended for promotion; promotion zones
Code § 575
- Recommendations for promotion by selection boards
Code § 576
- Information furnished to selection boards; selection procedures
Code § 577
- Promotions:  effect of failure of selection for
Code § 578
- Promotions; how made; effective date
Code § 579
- Removal from a promotion list
Code § 580
- Regular warrant officers twice failing of selection for promotion:  involuntary retirement or separation
Code § 581
- Selective retirement
Code § 582
- Warrant officer active-duty list: exclusions
Code § 583
- Definitions

Chapter 36 - Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of Officers on the Active-Duty List
Subchapter I - Selection Boards
Code § 611
- Convening of selection boards
Code § 612
- Composition of selection boards
Code § 613
- Oath of members of selection boards
Code § 613a
- Nondisclosure of board proceedings
Code § 614
- Notice of convening of selection boards; communications with boards
Code § 615
- Information furnished to selection boards
Code § 616
- Recommendations for promotion by selection boards
Code § 617
- Reports of selection boards
Code § 618
- Action on reports of selection boards

Subchapter II - Promotions
Code § 619
- Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other requirements
Code § 620
- Active-duty lists
Code § 621
- Competitive categories for promotion
Code § 622
- Numbers to be recommended for promotion
Code § 623
- Establishment of promotion zones
Code § 624
- Promotions: how made
Code § 626
- Acceptance of promotions; oath of office

Subchapter III - Failure of Selection for Promotion and Retirement for Years of Service
Code § 627
- Failure of selection for promotion
Code § 628
- Special selection boards
Code § 629
- Removal from a list of officers recommended for promotion

Subchapter IV - Continuation on Active Duty and Selective Early Retirement
Code § 637
- Selection of regular officers for continuation on active duty
Code § 638
- Selective early retirement

Chapter 43 - Rank and Command
Code § 741
- Rank: commissioned officers of the armed forces
Code § 742
- Rank: warrant officers

Chapter 59 - Separation
Code § 1164
- Warrant officers; separation for age
Code § 1165
- Regular warrant officers; separation during three-year probationary period
Code § 1166
- Regular warrant officers; elimination for unfitness or unsatisfactory service

Chapter 63 - Retirement for Age
Code § 1251
- Age 62:  Regular commissioned officers; exceptions
Code § 1263
- Age 62:  Warrant officers

Chapter 65 - Retirement of Warrant Officers for Length of Service
Code § 1293
- Twenty years or more; warrant officers
Code § 1305
- Thirty years or more; regular warrant officers

Chapter 69 - Retired Grade
Code § 1370
- Regular commissioned officers
Code § 1371
- Warrant officers; general rule

U.S. Code | Title 10 | Subtitle C | Part II | Personnel

Chapter 815 - Original Appointments
Code § 8139
- Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps: officers designated for limited duty
Code § 8146
 - Navy and Marine Corps: temporary appointments of officers designated for limited duty

Chapter 831 - Miscellaneous Rights and Benefits
Code § 8262
 - Higher Retired Grade and Pay for Members Who Serve Satisfactorily Under Temporary Appointments

Chapter 841 - Voluntary Retirement
Code § 8322
- Officers; 30 years
Code § 8323
- Officers; 20 years
Code § 8331
- Members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve: transfer to the retired list; retired pay
Code § 8334
- Higher grade after 30 years of service: warrant officers and enlisted members
Code § 8335
- Restoration to former grade: warrant officers and enlisted members

Chapter 843 - Involuntary Retirement, Separation, and Furlough
Code § 8372
- Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps; officers designated for limited duty: retirement for length of service or failures of selection for promotion; discharge for failures of selection for promotion; reversion to prior status; retired grade; retired pay

LDO/CWO Program References

Useful Acronyms and Definitions
Information From the Board Sponsor
LDO and CWO Designators

Instructions

BUPERSINST 1430.16G CH1
- ​Advancement Manual for Enlisted Personnel of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Navy Reserve
BUPERSINST 1900.8F
- Certificate of Uniformed Service (DD 214, DD 214-1, DD 214C, DD 214WS, and DD 215)

OPNAVINST 1210.5B
- Lateral Transfer and Redesignation of Active Component Officers in the Navy
OPNAVINST 1420.2A
- Active-Duty Limited Duty Officer, Chief Warrant Officer and Warrant Officer Programs
OPNAVINST 1811.3A
- Voluntary Retirement and Transfer to the Fleet Reserve of Members of the Navy Serving on Active Duty

SECNAVINST 1412.8C
- Regulations to Govern the Promotion and Continuation of CWOs and the Continuation of LDOs Serving on the Active Duty List and Reserve Active Status list in the U.S. Navy
SECNAVINST 1421.3M
- Temporary SPOT Promotion of Officers
SECNAVINST 1920.6D
- Administrative Separation of Officers
SECNAVINST 1920.7C
- Continuation on Active Duty of Regular Commissioned Officers and Reserve Officers on the Reserve Active Status list in the Navy and Marine Corps
SECNAVINST 1920.8
- Selective Retirement, Selective Early Retirement, Selective Early Removal, and Selective Early Discharge of Navy and Marine Corps Commissioned Officers

MILPERSMAN Articles
Classification
1210-280
- Designation of LDOs or CWOs as Eligible to Succeed to Command
1212-020
- Redesignation Procedures for LDOs and CWOs Within Their Respective Community
1212-030
- Redesignation of LDOs

Assignment
1321-050
- Assignment to Duty of LDOs

Promotions
1420-010
- Communication with Officer Promotion Selection Boards
1420-030
- Regulations Governing Physical Examinations for Promotions of Commissioned Officers and CWOs
1420-050
- Counseling of Officers Who Fail of Select for Promotion

Retirement
1800-020
- Effective Date of Retirement, Issuance of Retirement Orders and Authorizations
1810-020
- Submission of Application for Voluntary Retirement from Active Duty
1820-010
- Retirement of Members of the Fleet Reserve
1850-010
- General Information Regarding Physical Disability Retirement
1850-020
- Action Following Approved Disability Retirement
1850-030
- Temporary Disability Retired List
1850-040
- Officers on the Temporary Disability Retired List (TDRL) Found Physically Fit or Unfit

Separation
1900-015
- Separation, Fleet Reserve, and Retirement Document Submission
1920-120
- Revocation of Commissions, Terminations of Appointments, and Discharge of Officers by Other Than Selection Board Action
1920-130
- Officer Separations, General
1920-200
- Officer Resignation Types and Procedures
1920-210
- Types of Discharge for Officers