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337 337 (4) A board to recommend lieutenant commanders for promotion to the grade of commander, consisting of three officers serving in the grade of rear admiral and six officers serving in the grade of captain. (5) A board to recommend lieutenants for promotion to the grade of lieutenant commander and a board to recommend lieutenants (junior grade) for promotion to the grade of lieutenant, each consisting of nine officers serving in the grade of captain or above. (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), selection boards convened under clauses (2) through (5) of subsection (a) shall be composed of officers on the active list in the line of the Navy not restricted in the performance of duty. (c) When officers designated for engineering duty, aeronautical engineering duty, or special duty are eligible for consideration by a selection board convened under subsection (a), the Secretary shall appoint, as alternate members of the board, three officers on the active list of the Navy of the same designation and classification as any such eligible officer. If three such officers are not available, he shall appoint as many as are available. Junior members of the board who are not restricted in the performance of duty, in like number, may not act upon the case of any officer designated for engineering duty, aeronautical engineering duty, or special duty. No alternate member may act upon the case of any officer who is not of the same designation as himself. (d) When officers of the Naval Reserve are eligible for consideration by a selection board convened under subsection (a), the Secretary shall appoint an appropriate number of reserve officers, otherwise qualified under this section, as members of the board and shall appoint officers on the active list of the Navy, qualified under this section, to complete the prescribed membership. (e) No officer may be a member of two successive boards for the consideration of officers for promotion to the same grade. §5702.

Navy; staff corps officers: promotion and continuation on the active list (a) The Secretary of the Navy shall convene the following selection boards to recommend staff corps officers, other than women officers appointed under section 5590 of this title, for promotion and for continuation on the active list: (1) A board for each corps, other than the Medical Service Corps and the Nurse Corps, to recommend captains for continuation on the active list or for promotion to the grade of rear admiral, each consisting of not less than three or more than nine officers serving in the grade of rear admiral or above. (2) A board for each corps and each grade, as appropriate, to recommend commanders, lieutenant commanders, lieutenants, and lieutenants (junior grade) for promotion to the next higher grade, each consisting of not less than six or more than nine officers serving in the grade of captain or above. (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), each board convened under this section to consider officers in the Medical Corps, the Supply Corps, the Chaplain Corps, the Civil Engineer Corps, or the JJental Corps shall consist of officers of the Regular Navy

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