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PUBLIC LAW 87-649-SEPT. 7, 1%2

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(d) For the purpose of computing their basic pay, warrant officers of the armed forces are assigned, by the warrant officer grade in which serving, to the following pay grades: Pay Grade

Warrant Officer Grade

W-4 Chief Warrant Officer, W - 4 W-3 Chief Warrant Officer, W"-3 W-2 Chief Warrant Officer, W - 2 W-1 Warrant Officer, W - 1 (e) An aviation cadet of the Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps is entitled to monthly basic pay at the rate of 50 percent of the basic pay of a commissioned officer in pay grade 0 - 1 with two or less years of service computed under section 205 of this title. (f) Unless he is entitled to the basic pay of a higher pay grade, an aviation pilot of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Eeserve, or Coast Guard Reserve is entitled to monthly basic pay at the rate prescribed for pay grade E - 5. (g) Except as provided by subsections (e) and (f) of this section, enlisted members of the uniformed services shall, for the purpose or computing their basic pay, be distributed by the Secretary concerned in the various enlisted pay grades set forth in section 203 of this title. However, except as provided by section 307 of this title, an enlisted member may not be placed in pay grade E - 8 or E-9 until he has completed at least 8 years or 10 years, respectively, of enlisted service computed under section 205 of this title. § 202. Pay grades: assignment to; rear admirals of upper half; officers holding certain positions in the Navy (a) An officer not restricted in the performance of duty on the active list in the line of the Navy serving in the grade of rear admiral is entitled to the basic pay of a rear admiral of the upper half from the date on which the number of officers not restricted in the performance of duty on the active list in the line of the Navy serving m the grade of rear admiral below him on the lineal list becomes equal to or greater than the number of such officers above him on the lineal list. For the purpose of determining the number of rear admirals of the upper half, an officer not restricted in the performance of duty on the active list in the line of the Navy serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral is considered as having the grade and position on the lineal list he would have if he had not been appointed admiral or vice admiral. (b) An officer restricted in the performance of duty on the active list in the line of the Navy serving in the grade of rear admiral is entitled to the basic pay of a rear admiral of the upper half from the date on which any officer below him on the lineal list becomes entitled to that pay under subsection (a) of this section. (c) An officer on the active list of the Navy in a staff corps serving in the grade of rear admiral is entitled to the basic pay of a rear admiral of the upper half from the date on which his running mate becomes entitled to that pay under this section, but not before the date of the vacancy he was promoted to fill. (d) A rear admiral of the Naval Reserve entitled to basic pay is entitled to the basic pay of a rear admiral of the upper half when any officer on the active list in the line of the Navy junior to him is in the upper half of the grade of rear admiral as determined under subsection (a) of this section. (e) An officer of the Navy or the Coast Guard holding a permanent appointment in the grade of re^r admiral on the retired list who is entitled to the basic pay of a rear admiral of the lower half and who, in time of war or national emergency, has served satisfactorily on

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