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340 340 of lieutenant colonel, major, and captain. The Secretary shall determine the composition of these boards. However, each board shall consist of not less than six or more than nine officers of the Regular Marine Corps on the active list or the retired list. (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), the Secretary is not required to convene a board under this section to recommend women officers for promotion to a grade when— (1) there are no vacancies in the grade concerned and the Secretary estimates that none will occur in the next 12 months; or (2) all women officers in the next lower grade are ineligible for consideration for promotion to the grade concerned. § 5705. Oath of members Each member of a selection board convened under the preceding sections of this chapter shall swear that he will, without prejudice or partiality, and having in view both the special fitness of officers and the efficiency of the naval service, perform the duties imposed upon him by law. § 5706. Information furnished to boards The Secretary of the Navy shall furnish the appropriate selection board with— (1) the number of line officers of the Navy not restricted in the performance of duty, the number of officers designated for engineering duty, the number of officers designated for aeronautical engineering duty, the number of officers designated for special duty, and the number of line officers designated for limited duty that the board may recommend for promotion to the next higher grade; (2) uie number of staff corps officers not restricted in the performance of duty and the number of staff corps officers designated for limited duty that the board may recommend for promotion to the next higher grade; (3) the number of officers of the Marine Corps not restricted in the performance of duty, the number of officers of the Marine Corps designated for supply duty, and the number of officers of the Marine Corps designated for limited duty that the board may recommend for promotion to the next higher grade; (4) the names of all officers eligible for consideration for promotion to each grade to which the board will recommend officers for promotion; (5) the number of rear admirals not restricted in the performance of duty that the board may recommend for continuation on the active list; (6) the names of all rear admirals eligible for consideration for continuation on the active list; (7) the number of captains designated for engineering duty, the number of captains designated for aeronautical engineering duty, and the number of captains designated for special duty that the board may recommend for continuation on the active list; (8) the number of colonels designated for supply duty that the board may recommend for continuation on the active list;

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