10 USC § 1375 - Entitlement to commission: commissioned officers advanced on retired list

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1375"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 1375 - Entitlement to commission: commissioned officers advanced on retired list"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1375"
section_name: "Entitlement to commission: commissioned officers advanced on retired list"
chapter_number: 69
chapter_name: "RETIRED GRADE"
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: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 105; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(3)(W), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3821.)"
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# § 1375. Entitlement to commission: commissioned officers advanced on retired list

A commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force who is advanced on a retired list is entitled to a commission in the grade to which he is advanced.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 105; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(3)(W), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3821.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1375 | 10:1014.34:394. | Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 266, 36 Stat. 1354. |

The words “has been or shall hereafter”, “by operation of or in accordance with law”, and “and shall receive” are omitted as surplusage. The words “in the grade to which he is advanced” are substituted for the words “in accordance with such advanced rank”.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

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