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• United States Code
• TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES
• SUBTITLE C - NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
• PART II - PERSONNEL
• CHAPTER 565 - BANDS

      (a) The band of the Marine Corps shall be composed of one
    director, two assistant directors, and other personnel in such
    numbers and grades as the Secretary of the Navy determines to be
    necessary.
      (b) The Secretary shall designate the director and assistant
    directors of the Marine Band from among qualified members of the
    Marine Corps. Upon the recommendation of the Secretary, a member so
    designated may be appointed by the President, by and with the
    advice and consent of the Senate, to a commissioned grade in the
    Regular Marine Corps.
      (c) The initial appointment to a commissioned grade of a member
    designated as director of the Marine Band shall be in the grade of
    captain, except that a member who, at the time of his designation,
    holds an appointment in a higher grade may be appointed in that
    higher grade, but not above lieutenant colonel. The initial
    appointment of a member designated as assistant director shall be
    in a grade below captain.
      (d) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the promotion
    of members designated as director or assistant director of the
    Marine Band, and the President, by and with the advice and consent
    of the Senate, may from time to time appoint them to higher grades.
      (e) Unless otherwise entitled to higher retired grade and retired
    pay, a member who holds, or has held, an appointment under this
    section is entitled, when retired, to be retired in, and with
    retired pay based on, the highest grade held under this section in
    which the Secretary determines that he served satisfactorily.
      (f) The Secretary may revoke any designation as director or
    assistant director of the Marine Band. When a member's designation
    is revoked, his appointment to commissioned grade under this
    section terminates and he is entitled, at his option - 
        (1) to be discharged from the Marine Corps; or
        (2) to revert to the grade and status he held at the time of
      his designation as director or assistant director.