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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 Code § 8374 - Treatment of fractions of years of service in computing retired pay and separation 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