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LegalText 10 U.S.C. § 604 Senior joint officer positions: recommendations to the Secretary of Defense us united_states_code code_section 10 ARMED FORCES 35 TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN OFFICER GRADES 604 10 U.S.C. § 604 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc10@119-100.zip /us/usc/t10/s604 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-10/usc10.xml 463c9093754be908774f461ff724a8d557018505c7c6548fbf7d00c378a31c0e 06a2679d38355c44f4219c983fdad34009233205d6ba271593a4c1b17a739ec1 98bde5a0b5b6cce8f70ceef887b7eba37e75e6002c9037c3e58764c963402d58 2026-07-04 official
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10 U.S.C. § 604 - Senior joint officer positions: recommendations to the Secretary of Defense

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(a) Joint 4-Star Officer Positions.— (1) Whenever a vacancy occurs, or is anticipated to occur, in a position specified in subsection (b)—

(A) the Secretary of Defense shall require the Secretary of the Army to submit the name of at least one Army officer, the Secretary of the Navy to submit the name of at least one Navy officer and the name of at least one Marine Corps officer, and the Secretary of the Air Force to submit the name of at least one Air Force officer and the name of at least one Space Force officer for consideration by the Secretary for recommendation to the President for appointment to that position; and

(B) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may submit to the Secretary of Defense the name of one or more officers (in addition to the officers whose names are submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A)) for consideration by the Secretary for recommendation to the President for appointment to that position.

(2) Whenever the Secretaries of the military departments are required to submit the names of officers under paragraph (1)(A), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the Secretary of Defense the Chairmans evaluation of the performance of each officer whose name is submitted under that paragraph (and of any officer whose name the Chairman submits to the Secretary under paragraph (1)(B) for consideration for the same vacancy). The Chairmans evaluation shall primarily consider the performance of the officer as a member of the Joint Staff and in other joint duty assignments, but may include consideration of other aspects of the officers performance as the Chairman considers appropriate.

(b) Covered Positions.— Subsection (a) applies to the following positions:

(1) Commander of a combatant command.

(2) Commander, United States Forces, Korea.

(Added Pub. L. 103337, div. A, title IV, § 405(c)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2745; amended Pub. L. 104201, div. A, title IV, § 404(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2506; Pub. L. 10665, div. A, title V, § 509(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 592; Pub. L. 107314, div. A, title IV, § 405(a), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2526; Pub. L. 108136, div. A, title V, § 504(a), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1456; Pub. L. 114328, div. A, title V, § 502(e), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2102; Pub. L. 116283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(15), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3823.)

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Amendments2021—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 116283 inserted “and the name of at least one Space Force officer” after “Air Force officer”. 2016—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 114328 struck out par. (3) which read as follows: “Deputy commander, United States European Command, but only if the commander of that command is also the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.” 2003—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108136 struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “This section shall cease to be effective at the end of December 31, 2004.” 2002—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107314 substituted “December 31, 2004” for “September 30, 2003”. 1999—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 10665 substituted “September 30, 2003” for “September 30, 2000”. 1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104201 substituted “September 30, 2000” for “September 30, 1997”.