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26 26 ous reserve forces, encourage necessary leadership, and provide a steady flow of promotions. § 597. Warrant officers: grades; appointment, how made; term (a) The permanent reserve warrant officer grades in each armed force are those prescribed for regular warrant officers by section 555 (a) of this title. (b) Keserve chief warrant officers of the Army and the Air Force shall be appointed in those grades, by warrant, by the Secretary concerned. Permanent reserve chief warrant officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard shall be appointed in those grades, by commission, by the Secretary concerned. Permanent reserve warrant officers, W - 1, shall be appointed in those grades, by warrant, by the Secretary concerned. (c) Appointments as Reserves in permanent warrant officer grades are for an indefinite term and are held during the pleasure of the Secretary concerned. § 598. Warrant officers: promotion The promotion of permanent reserve warrant officers to permanent reserve warrant officer grades shall be governed by such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe. §599.

Warrant officers: suspension of laws for promotion or mandatory retirement or separation during war or emergency In time of war, or of emergency declared after May 29, 1954, by Congress or the President, the President may suspend the operation of any provision of law relating to promotion, or mandatory retirement or separation, of permanent reserve warrant officers of any armed force. § 600. Officer candidates (a) Within such numbers as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, enlisted Reserves may, with their consent, be selected for training as officer candidates. Enlisted Reserves so selected shall be designated as officer candidates during that training. However, no member of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States may be so selected or designated unless— (1) he is on active duty; or (2) the governor or other appropriate authority of the jurisdiction concerned consents. (b) The enlistment or term of service of a Reserve who is designated as an officer candidate under this section is extended to include any period, beyond its normal expiration date, during which he is an officer candidate. (c) While he is on active duty, other than active duty for training without pay, or performing authorized travel to and from that duty, an officer candidate designated under this section is entitled to the pay and allowances of his enlisted grade, but not less than those prescribed for pay grade E-2. (d) An officer candidate designated under this section may not participate in the program of a reserve officer training corps of any armed force.

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