10 USC § 14005 - Competitive categories

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title: "10 USC § 14005 - Competitive categories"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "14005"
section_name: "Competitive categories"
chapter_number: 1401
chapter_name: "APPLICABILITY AND RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LISTS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2923.)"
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# § 14005. Competitive categories

Each officer whose name appears on a reserve active-status list shall be placed in a competitive category. The competitive categories for each armed force shall be specified by the Secretary of the military department concerned under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Officers in the same competitive category shall compete among themselves for promotion.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2923.)

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