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PUBLIC LAW 85-861-SEPT. 2, 1958

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on active duty in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade), with date of rank in the same calendar year, who would be next senior to him if the staff corps officer had been originally appointed in the grade of ensign in the line and had continued to serve as a line officer until the date of his promotion to the grade of lieutenant (junior grade), or, if there is none, the eligible line officer who would have been next junior to the staff corps officer. "§ 5652c. Regular Navy: officers appointed from the Naval Reserve or from temporary officers "An officer appointed to the active list of the Navy in a staff corps under section 5573a of this title shall have a running mate assigned to him under regulations to be prescribed by the President."; and (B) by inserting the following new items in the analysis thereof: "5652a. Regular Navy: lieutenants (Junior grade); Medical and Dental Corps. "5652b. Regular Navy: lieutenants (junior grade) originally appointed as ensigns under section 5573, 6904, 6906, or 6909 of this title. "5652c. Regular Navy: officers appointed from the Naval Reserve or from temporary officers." 10 USC 5653. (124) Section 5653 is amended by striking out the words "section 5654" and inserting the words "sections 5652c and 5654" in place thereof. 5666 " ^ ^ 5651(125) Chapter541 isamended— (A) by inserting the following new section after section 5664: "§ 5665. Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve; active status officers in permanent grades above chief warrant officer, W-4 " (a) While in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) or in a higher grade in which initially appointed, each officer in an active status in the Naval Reserve shall have a running mate of the same grade. Except as provided in subsection (d), the running mate shall be the officer not restricted in the performance of duty on the lineal list of line officers of the Navy who is next junior to the reserve officer. " (b) While in the grade of first lieutenant or in a higher grnde in which initially appointed, each officer in an active status in the Marine Cor]is Reserve shall have a running mate of the same grade. Except as provided in subsection (d), the running mate shall be the officer not restricted in the performance of duty on the active list of the Marine Corps who is next junior to the reserve officer. "(c) An officer in an active status in the Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve who is assigned a running mate after the initial assignment under subsection (a) or (b) shall be assigned a running mate in accordance with the principles prescribed by this chapter for the assignment of running mates to staff corps officers on the active list of the Navy. However, except as provided in subsection (d), the running mate shall, whenever possible, be the officer not restricted in the performance of duty on the lineal list of line officers of the Navy or on the active list of the Marine Corps, as appropriate, who is next junior to the reserve officer. " (d) The running mate of a woman officer of the Naval Reserve, except an officer in the Nurse Corps or an officer appointed under 10 USC 5581. section 5581 of this title, shall be the woman officer on the active list in the line of the Navy who is next junior to her. The running mate of a woman officer of the Marine Corps Reserve shall be the woman officer on the active list of the Marine Corps wno is next junior to her.

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