{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-630","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 630","heading":"Discharge of commissioned officers with less than six years of active commissioned service or found not qualified for promotion for first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade)","body":"The Secretary of the military department concerned, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense—(1) may discharge any officer on the active-duty list who—(A) has less than six years of active commissioned service; or (B) is serving in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign and has been found not qualified for promotion to the grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade); and (2) shall, unless the officer has been promoted, discharge any officer described in paragraph (1)(B) at the end of the 18-month period beginning on the date on which the officer is first found not qualified for promotion.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 36—PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"a53e7261909a0140f0696bedf739f1918393113b32e273234aca9c899710a93e","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-629","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-631"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}