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409 409 of this title, is computed from June 30 of the fiscal year in which he accepted that appointment. (b) Each other male cormnissioned oflScer on the active list in the line of the Navy or on the active list of the Marine Corps is considered to have the same total commissioned service, for the purpose of the preceding sections of this chapter, as the officer described in subsection (a) with the maximum total commissioned service who— (1) has not lost numbers or precedence; and (2) is, or at any time has been, junior to the other officer for the purposes of eligibility for promotion and selection for promotion during that other officer's latest period of continuous service on the active list. § 6388. Regular Navy; certain staff corps officers: computation of total commissioned service (a) For the purpose of the preceding sections of this chapter, the total commissioned service of each officer originally appointed in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) or ensign in any stajff corps of the Navy, who has since that appointment served continuously on the active list of the Navy, is computed from June 30 of the fiscal year in which he accepted that appointment. However, this subsection does not apply to officers appointed under the Act of April 18, 1946, ch. 141 (60 Stat. 92). (b) Each other commissioned officer on the active list of the Navy in any staff corps is considered to have the same total commissioned service for the purpose of the preceding sections of this chapter as the officer in his corps described in subsection (a) having the maximum total commissioned service who— (1) has not lost numbers or precedence; and (2) is, or at any time has been, junior to the other officer for the purposes of eligibility for promotion and selection for promotion during that other officer's latest period of continuous service on the active list. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), each officer on the active list of the Navy in the Medical Service Corps appointed under the Act of April 18, 1946, ch. 141 (60 Stat. 92), is considered to have, for the purpose of the preceding sections of this chapter, total commissioned service equivalent to that of his running mate. (d) For the purpose of the preceding sections of this chapter, the j e a r s of service to be credited to each officer on the active list of the Navy in the Nurse Corps serving in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) is based on— (1) her active service in the Nurse Corps and the Nurse Corps Reserve; and (2) her active service in the Nurse Corps and the Nurse Corps Reserve abolished by the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 41). All such active service is considered commissioned service for the purpose of the preceding sections of this chapter. (e) Except as provided in subsection (d), this section does not apply to officers in the Nurse Corps or to women officers appointed under section 5590 of this title.

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