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5410. 5411. 5412. 5413.

Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps: enlisted women. Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps: women officers, Regular Navy: Hospital Corps. Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve.

§5401. Regular Navy: enlisted members The authorized strength of the Regular Navy in enlisted members, excluding retired members and members furloughed without pay, is 600,000, However, this strength may be temporarily exceeded at any time in a fiscal year if the daily average number in that year does not exceed it. § 5402. Regular Marine Corps: total; enlisted members (a) Except in time of war or national emergency declared by Congress after June 28, 1952, the authorized strength of the Regular Marine Corps, excluding retired members, is 400,000, However, this strength may be temporarily exceeded at any time in a fiscal year if the daily average number in that year does not exceed it, (b) Except in time of war or national emergency declared by Congress after June 28, 1952, the authorized strength of the Regular Marine Corps in enlisted members, excluding retired enlisted members, is 400,000 less the actual strength of the Marine Corps in permanent regular officers other than retired regular officers. However, this strength may be temporarily exceeded at any time in a fiscal year if the daily average number in that year does not exceed it, § 5403. Navy: line officers on the active list The authorized strength of the active list of the Navy in line officers is equal to 7 percent of the authorized strength of the Regular Navy in enlisted members authorized by section 5401 of this title. § 5404. Navy: staff corps officers on the active list (a) The authorized strength of the active list of the Navy in officers in the Supply Corps and the Civil Engineer Corps is equal to 12 percent and 3 percent, respectively, of the authorized strength of the active list of the Navy in line officers authorized by section 5403 of this title, (b) The Secretary of the Navy, as of January 1 of each year, shall compute the authorized strength of the active list of the Navy in officers in the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Chaplain Corps, the Medical Service Corps, and the Nurse Corps. The authorized strength in each of these corps is equal to the applicable percentage of the sum of— (1) the authorized strengths of the active lists of the Navy and the Marine Corps authorized by sections 5403, 5405, and this section; (2) the authorized strengths of the Regular Navy and the Regular Marine Corps in enlisted members authorized by sections 6401 and 6402 of this title; (3) the authorized strength of the Navy in midshipmen at the Naval Academy; (4) the actual number of officers holding permanent appointments in warrant officer grades in the Regular Navy and the Regular Marine Corps, excluding retired officers; and

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