10 U.S.C. § 8138
Regular Marine Corps: judge advocates
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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- 10 U.S.C. § 8138, Regular Marine Corps: judge advocates, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/435608
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With the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, any regular officer on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps who is qualified under section 827(b) of this title may, upon his application, be designated as a judge advocate.
Legislative history
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- An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise and standardize the provisions of law relating to appointment, promotion, separation, and mandatory retirement of regular commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, to establish the permanent grade of commodore admiral in the Navy, to equalize the treatment of female commissioned officers with that of male commissioned officers, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019