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 1060 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 962-AUG. 13, 1946 [60 STAT. commissioned in a staff corps of the Navy pursuant to the foregoing subsections of this section shall, upon being commissioned, have assigned as his running mate such line officer of the same rank and same date of rank as the Secretary of the Navy may determine. Commission in - SEC. 7. Any officer commissioned under subsection 1 of subsection application. 6 (a) or under subsection 6 (b) may, upon his own application, after not less than fifteen months or two years, respectively, of satisfactory service as a commissioned officer, have his commission in the regular service terminated and be commissioned in the Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve and in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, be released from active duty. The date of rank in such com- mission in a reserve component shall be the same as that of the com- mission previously held in the regular service. Annual selection n and retention of offi- SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Navy shall in each calendar year cause cers. to be examined (a) the records of all ensigns of the line of the Navy and second lieutenants of the Marine Corps commissioned pursuant to subsection 2 of section 6 (a) who apply for retention in the regular service as permanent officers and who in the then current calendar year will reach the first anniversary of the date of rank stated in their respective commissions, selecting from among such officers the number that he may determine necessary for retention, and (b) the records of all other officers appointed pursuant to this Act who apply for retention in the regular service as permanent officers and who in the then current calendar year will reach the third anniversary of the date of rank stated in their respective commissions, selecting from among such officers the number that he may determine necessary for retention. Termination of SEC. 9. (a) The commission of each officer commissioned pursuant to subsection 2 of section 6 (a) who, prior to June 1 of the calendar year following that in which commissioned, shall not have applied for retention in the regular service and of each officer not selected for retention under clause (a) of section 8 shall be terminated on June 30 Appointment to of the appropriate calendar year. Upon termination of commission, commissioned rank in Rserve. each such officer who thereupon accepts appointment to commissioned Retainer pay, etc. rank in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve may apply for and receive retainer pay at the rate of $100 for each calendar month or part thereof during which, while an officer of the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve, he pursues full-time instruction in an accredited college or university but not to exceed a total of $2,000, such instruc- tion to commence not later than a date to be determined by the Secretary of the Navy; in addition, each such officer shall be entitled to the benefits provided for him by section 10 of this Act. (b) The commission of each officer commissioned pursuant to subsection 1 of section 6 (a) and pursuant to section 6 (b) who, prior to June 1 of the third calendar year following that in which commissioned, shall not have applied for retention in the regular service and of each officer not selected for retention under clause (b) of section 8 shall be terminated on June 30 of the appropriate Reservecommission calendar year. Upon termination of commission, each such officer in grade of lieutenant gO),etc. may be commissioned in the Naval or Marine Corps Reserve in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) or first lieutenant, as the case may be (if in a staff corps, with the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) in the grade appropriate to that rank), and to rank from a date three years after the date of rank stated in his original com- mission in the Regular Navy or Regular Marine Corps. Payment of admin- SEC. 10. The Secretary of the Navy may provide, by contract or otherwise, for payment of all expenses incident to the administration of this Act, including but not limited to, payment for tuition, fees, books, and laboratory expenses of midshipmen in the Naval Reserve

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