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314 §5501. Navy: grades above chief warrant officer, W-4 (a) The commissioned grades in the Navy above the grade of chief warrant officer, W-4, are: (1) Admiral. (2) Vice admiral. (3) Rear admiral. (4) Captain. (5) Commander. (6) Lieutenant commander. (7) Lieutenant. (8) Lieutenant (junior grade). (9) Ensign. (b) In addition to the grades listed in subsection (a), there is also the grade of commodore. Appointments in this grade may be made under section 5597 or section 5787 of this title. Officers in the grade of commodore rank next above officers in the grade of captain. (c) Officers having the grade or rank of rear admiral who are entitled to the basic pay and allowances of a rear admiral of the upper half rank above officers in the grade of rear admiral who are entitled to the pay and allowances of a rear admiral of the lower half. § 5502. Marine Corps: grades above chief warrant officer, W-4 The commissioned grades in the Marine Corps above the grade of chief warrant officer, W-4, are: (1) General. (2) Lieutenant general. (3) Major general. (4) Brigadier general. (5) Colonel. (6) Lieutenant colonel. (7) Major. (8) Captain. (9) First lieutenant. (10) Second lieutenant. § 5503. Navy and Marine Corps: warrant officer grades The warrant officer grades in the Navy and the Marine Corps are: (1) Chief warrant officer, W-4. (2) Chief warrant officer, W-3. (3) Chief warrant officer, W-2. (4) Warrant officer, W-1. § 5504. Lineal lists: maintenance (a) The Secretary of the Navy shall maintain a single lineal list of officers in the line of the Navy on active duty in the grade of ensign and above. Line officers shall be carried on this list in the order of seniority of the grades in which they are serving. Officers serving in the same grade shall be carried in the order of their dates of rank in that grade. Officers serving in the same grade and having the same date of rank in that grade shall be carried in the order of their seniority. (b) The Secretary shall maintain a single lineal list of officers of the Marine Corps on active duty in the grade of second lieutenant
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