TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN OFFICER GRADES
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Positions of importance and responsibility: generals and lieutenant generals; admirals and vice admirals
Flexibility in determining terms of appointment for certain senior officer positions
Appointments in time of war or national emergency
Senior joint officer positions: recommendations to the Secretary of Defense
Promotion to certain grades for officers with critical skills: colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain; captain, commander, lieutenant commander, lieutenant