94 STAT. 2842 10 USC 523.
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980
"§523. Authorized strengths: commissioned officers on active duty in grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain "(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (c), of the total number of commissioned officers serving on active duty in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps at the end of any fiscal year (excluding officers in categories specified in subsection (jo)), the number of officers who may be serving on active duty in each of the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel may not, as of the end of such fiscal year, exceed a number determined in accordance with the following table: "Total number of commissioned officers (excluding officers in categories specified in subsection (b)) on active duty:
Army: 60,000 65,000 70,000 75,000 80,000 85,000 90,000 95,000 100,000 110,000 120.000 130,000 170.000 Air Force: 70,000 75,000 80,000 85,000 90,000 95,000 100,000 105,000 110,000 115,000 120,000 125.000 Marine Corps: 12,500 15,000 17,500 20.000 22,500 25,000
Number of officers who may be serving on active duty in the graoe o. LieutenMajor ant Colonel colonel 11,580 12,271 12,963 13,654 14,346 15,037 15,729 16,420 17,112 18,495 19,878 21,261 26,793
3,080 3,264 3,447 3,631 3,814 3,997 4.181 4,364 4,548 4,915 5,281 5,648 7,116
13,530 14,266 15,002 15,738 16,474 17,210 17,946 18,682 19,418 20,154 20,890 21.626
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7,941 8,330 8,718 9,107 9,495 9,884 10,272 10,661 11,049 11,826 12,603 13,380 16,488 9,428 9,801 10,175 10,549 10,923 11,297 11,671 12,045 12,418 12,792 13,165 13,539
3,642 3,823 4,004 4,185 4,365 4,546 4,727 4,908 5,088 5,269 5,450 5,631
1,388 1,483 1,579 1,674 1,770 1,865
592 613 633 654 675 695
2,499 2,717 2,936 3,154 3,373 3,591
"(2) Except as provided in subsection (c), of the total number of commissioned officers serving on active duty in the Navy at the end of any fiscal year (excluding officers in categories specified in subsection (b)), the number of officers who may be serving on active duty in each of the grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain may not, as of the end of such fiscal year, exceed a number determined in accordance with the following table:
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