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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 5150. Staff corps of the Navy
(a) The staff corps of the Navy are -
(1) the Medical Corps;
(2) the Dental Corps;
(3) the Judge Advocate General's Corps;
(4) the Chaplain Corps; and
(5) such other staff corps as may be established by the
Secretary of the Navy under subsection (b).
(b)(1) The Secretary of the Navy may establish staff corps of the
Navy in addition to the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge
Advocate General's Corps, and the Chaplain Corps. The Secretary may
designate commissioned officers in, and may assign members to, any
such staff corps.
(2) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Navy may
provide for the appointment of the chief of any staff corps
established under this subsection.
(c) The Secretary of the Navy, whenever the needs of the service
require, may convene a selection board under section 611(a) of this
title to select an officer in the Nurse Corps or in the Medical
Service Corps (if such corps has been established under subsection
(a)) for promotion to the grade of rear admiral, in the case of an
officer in the Nurse Corps, or rear admiral (lower half), in the
case of an officer in the Medical Service Corps. An officer
promoted pursuant to such a selection shall be appointed by the
Secretary to the position of Director of the Nurse Corps or
Director of the Medical Service Corps, respectively, for a term of
four years, to serve at the pleasure of the Secretary. For the
purpose of computing the total number of flag officers in the staff
corps of the Navy under section 526 of this title, an officer so
appointed shall be considered an additional number in grade.
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