§ 627 Failure of selection for promotion
§ 628 Special selection boards
§ 628a Special selection review boards
§ 629 Removal from a list of officers recommended for promotion
§ 630 Discharge of commissioned officers with less than six years of active commissioned service or found not qualified for promotion for first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade)
§ 631 Effect of failure of selection for promotion: first lieutenants and lieutenants (junior grade)
§ 632 Effect of failure of selection for promotion: captains and majors of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and lieutenants and lieutenant commanders of the Navy
§ 633 Retirement for years of service: regular lieutenant colonels and commanders
§ 634 Retirement for years of service: regular colonels and Navy captains
§ 635 Retirement for years of service: regular brigadier generals and rear admirals (lower half)
§ 636 Retirement for years of service: regular officers in grades above brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half)

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  • grapes: means vinifera species table grapes, European type, whether or not they have been in storage. See 7 USC 599
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  • plums: means both European and Japanese type, whether or not they have been in storage, but does not mean Italian-type prunes, nor damson-type plums. See 7 USC 599
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