10 USC § 646 - Consideration of performance as a member of the Joint Staff

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s646"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 646 - Consideration of performance as a member of the Joint Staff"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "646"
section_name: "Consideration of performance as a member of the Joint Staff"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND RETIREMENT"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIII, § 1301(d)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2612; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(1)(C), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3820.)"
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# § 646. Consideration of performance as a member of the Joint Staff

The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall ensure that officer personnel policies of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force concerning promotion, retention, and assignment give appropriate consideration to the performance of an officer as a member of the Joint Staff.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIII, § 1301(d)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2612; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(1)(C), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3820.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— substituted “Marine Corps, and Space Force” for “and Marine Corps”.