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order of rank as provided in this subsection, and the officer shall take rank from the later date. If he is a staff corps officer, he shall have a new running mate assigned to him in accordance with his adjusted rank. §5768.

Navy, male line officers; Marine Corps, male officers: normal terms of service in grade and total commissioned service (a) The normal terms of service for male officers in the line of the Navy, other than officers designated for limited duty, and for male officers of the Marine Corps, other than officers designated for limited duty, a r e: Grade Service In grade Navy

Marine Corps Colonel

Total commissioned service 30 years. 18 years.

Lieutenant (junior grade)

(b) The normal terms of service in grade for male officers in the line of the Navy designated for limited duty and for male officers of the Marine Corps designated for limited duty are: Grade Navy

§5769.

Marine Corps

Service In grade

Navy, male line officers; Marine Corps, male officers: eligibility for promotion

(a) Male officers in the line of the Navy, and male officers of the Marine Corps, who are recommended for promotion in the report of a selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title are considered as selected for promotion upon the approval of the report by the President. The names of these officers shall be placed on the promotion list for the grade for which selected in the order of their rank at the time of the approval of the report, following the names of any male officers recommended for promotion to the same grade in an earlier approved report who have not yet been promoted. (b) Male officers in the line of the Navy and male officers of the Marine Corps may be promoted when they become eligible for promotion under one of the following clauses: (1) Officers not restricted in the performance of duty whose names appear on the promotion list are, in the order in which their names appear, eligible for promotion to the next higher grade as vacancies occur in that grade among officers not restricted in the performance of duty.

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