---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 602"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "602"
heading: "Flexibility in determining terms of appointment for certain senior officer positions"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/602"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 35 — Temporary Appointments in Officer Grades"
---

# §602. Flexibility in determining terms of appointment for certain senior officer positions


The Secretary of Defense may extend or reduce the duration of an appointment made under section [152](/usc/10/152.md), [154](/usc/10/154.md), [7033](/usc/10/7033.md), [8033](/usc/10/8033.md), [8043](/usc/10/8043.md), [9033](/usc/10/9033.md), or [9082](/usc/10/9082.md) of this title by up to six months if the Secretary determines that such an extension or reduction is necessary either in the interests of national defense, or to ensure an appropriate staggering of terms of senior military leadership.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title V, § 504(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 241.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 602, Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2849, related to temporary promotions of warrant officers, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1113(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1502.