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324 § 5582. Regular Navy: transfers, line and staff corps (a) Any male officer on the active list of the Navy in a stajff corps in a grade not above lieutenant commander may be appointed to the active list in the line of the Navy in the same grade. A n officer so appointed holds the lineal position he would have held if he had originally been appointed in and had remained in the line, and he is an additional number in the grade in which he is serving and in each grade to which he is later promoted. (b) Any male officer on the active list in the line of the Navy in a grade not above lieutenant commander may be appointed to the active list of the Navy in the Supply Corps or the Civil Engineer Corps, in the same grade, without regard to his age. § 5583. Regular Marine Corps: from noncommissioned officers Original appointments to the active list of the Marine Corps may be made from meritorious male noncommissioned officers of the Regular Marine Corps who are at least 20 and under 30 years of age. Appointments under this section shall be in the grade of second lieutenant. § 5584. Regular Marine Corps: from former officers (a) Original appointments to the active list of the Marine Corps in the grade of second lieutenant may be made from male former officers of the Marine Corps who resigned from the naval service in good standing. (b) To be eligible for an appointment under this section a person must— (1) establish his physical, mental, moral, and professional qualifications to perform the duties of the grade of second lieutenant, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy; and (2) be of such an age that he can complete a total of 30 years of active service before he becomes 62 years of age. § 5585. Regular Marine Corps: order of filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenant Vacancies on the active list of the Marine Corps in the grade of second lieutenant shall be filled, so far as practicable, first, from members of the graduating class of the Naval Academy; second, from meritorious noncommissioned officers of the Regular Marine Corps; and third, from other persons. § 5586. Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps: from warrant officers and enlisted members (a) Original appointments may be made— (1) to the active list of the Navy in the line or in any staff corps, except the Medical Service Corps and the Nurse Corps, in grades not above lieutenant from male warrant officers and chief petty officers of the Regular Navy who, by June 30 of the calendar year in which appointed, will have completed at least three years of service in the Regular Navy in the grade of chief petty officer or above; and (2) to the active list of the Marine Corps in grades not above captain from male warrant officers of the Regular Marine Corps
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