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Requirements for removal of certain general and flag officers

Division A · Title V: MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY · Subtitle A: Officer Policy and Reserve Component Management

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When a high-ranking military officer above a certain rank is removed, transferred, or relieved from a specific position, the Secretary of Defense must report to Congress within five days. The report must explain the reasons related to the officer's performance that led to this action.

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975. Notice of removal of certain general and flag officers

Not later than five days after the date on which an officer in a grade above O-8 is removed from, transferred from, or relieved of duty in, a position designated under section 601(a) of this title or by law to carry such grade, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report in writing that describes the performance concerns, actions, or inactions of that officer that are cause for such removal, transfer, or relief of duty.