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10 U.S.C. § 7151

Commissioned officer grades

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The commissioned grades in the Regular Army are:(1) Major general.(2) Brigadier general.(3) Colonel.(4) Lieutenant colonel.(5) Major.(6) Captain.(7) First lieutenant.(8) Second lieutenant.(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 181, § 3281; renumbered § 7151, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

3281

10:506(a) (last 24 words).

Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 502(a) (last 24 words), 61 Stat. 884.

Editorial NotesAmendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3281 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.