10 U.S.C. Chapter 35 — TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN OFFICER GRADES

• § 601— Positions of importance and responsibility: generals and lieutenant generals; admirals and vice admirals
• § 602— Flexibility in determining terms of appointment for certain senior officer positions
• § 603— Appointments in time of war or national emergency
• § 604— Senior joint officer positions: recommendations to the Secretary of Defense
• § 605— Promotion to certain grades for officers with critical skills: colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain; captain, commander, lieutenant commander, lieutenant