|
|
|
U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 5035. Vice Chief of Naval Operations
(a) There is a Vice Chief of Naval Operations, appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from
officers on the active-duty list in the line of the Navy serving in
grades above captain and eligible to command at sea.
(b) The Vice Chief of Naval Operations, while so serving, has the
grade of admiral without vacating his permanent grade.
(c) The Vice Chief of Naval Operations has such authority and
duties with respect to the Department of the Navy as the Chief of
Naval Operations, with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy,
may delegate to or prescribe for him. Orders issued by the Vice
Chief of Naval Operations in performing such duties have the same
effect as those issued by the Chief of Naval Operations.
(d) When there is a vacancy in the office of Chief of Naval
Operations or during the absence or disability of the Chief of
Naval Operations -
(1) the Vice Chief of Naval Operations shall perform the duties
of the Chief of Naval Operations until a successor is appointed
or the absence or disability ceases; or
(2) if there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice Chief of
Naval Operations or the Vice Chief of Naval Operations is absent
or disabled, unless the President directs otherwise, the most
senior officer of the Navy in the Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations who is not absent or disabled and who is not
restricted in performance of duty shall perform the duties of the
Chief of Naval Operations until a successor to the Chief of Naval
Operations or the Vice Chief of Naval Operations is appointed or
until the absence or disability of the Chief of Naval Operations
or Vice Chief of Naval Operations ceases, whichever occurs first.
|
|