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PUBLIC LAW 90-179-DEC. 8, 1967

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(5) gection 827(b)(1) is amended by strikinjr out the words ''or the Air Force, or a law specialist of the Xavy or" and inserting in place thereof the words ", Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps or a law specialist of the". (6) Section 865(c) is amended by striking out the words "or the Air Force, a law specialist of the Navy" and inserting in place thereof the words ", Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps". (7) Section 936(a)(1) is amended by deleting the words "and the Air Force" and inserting in place thereof the words ", Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps". SEC. 2. Chapter 513 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 5148 is amended— (A) by amending the catchline to read: "§5148. Judge Advocate General's Corps: Office of the Judge Advocate General; Judge Advocate General; appointment, term, emoluments, duties"; (B) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), and (c) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively, and inserting the following new subsection: " (a) The Judge Advocate General's Corps is a Staff Corps of the Navy, and shall be organized in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy."; and (C) by striking out, in subsection (b) as redesignated, in the third sentence, the word "officers" and inserting in place thereof the words "judge advocates". (2) Section 5149 is amended to read as follows: "§5149. Office of the Judge Advocate General: Deputy Judge Advocate General; Assistant Judge Advocates General " (a) A judge advocate of the Navy or Marine Corps who has the qualifications prescribed for the Judge AdAOcate General in section 5148(b) of this title shall be detailed as Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy. While so serving he is entitled to the rank and grade of rear admiral (upper half) or major general, as appropriate, unless entitled to a higher rank or grade under another provision of law. The Deputy Judge Advocate General is entitled to the same privileges of retirement as provided for chiefs of bureaus in section 5133 of this title. " (b) An officer of the Judge Advocate General's Corps who has the qualifications prescribed for the Judge Advocate General in section 5148(b) of this title may be detailed as Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy. While so serving he is entitled to the rank and grade of rear admiral (lower half), unless entitled to a higher rank or grade under another provision of law. An officer who is retired while serving as Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy under this subsection or who, after serving at least twelve months as Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy, is retired after completion of that service while serving in a lower rank or grade, may, in the discretion of the President, be retired with the rank and grade of rear admiral (lower half). If he is retired as a rear admiral, he is entitled to retired pay in the lower half of that grade, unless entitled to higher pay under another provision of law. "(c) A judge advocate of the Marine Corps who has the qualifications prescribed for the Judge Advocate General in section 4158(b) of this title may be detailed as Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy. While so serving he is entitled to the rank and grade of brigadier general, miless entitled to a higher rank or grade under another pro-

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