Ill STAT. 1726 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 SEC. 505. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF OFFICERS ALLOWED TO BE FROCKED TO GRADES OF COLONEL AND NAVY CAPTAIN. Section 777(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after "1 percent" the following: ", or, for the grades of colonel and Navy captain, 2 percent,". SEC. 506. INCREASED YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE FOR MANDA- TORY RETIREMENT OF REGULAR GENERALS AND ADMIRALS IN GRADES ABOVE MAJOR GENERAL AND REAR ADMIRAL. (a) YEARS OF SERVICE. —Section 636 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "Except as provided" and inserting in Heu thereof "(a) MAJOR GENERALS AND REAR ADMIRALS SERVING IN GRADE. —Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(b) LIEUTENANT GENERALS AND VICE ADMIRALS.— In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 38 years. "(c) GENERALS AND ADMIRALS. —In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of general or admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 40 years.". (b) SECTION HEADING. — The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: "§636. Retirement for years of service: regular ofKcers in grades above brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half)'*. (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 36 of such title is amended to read as follows: "636. Retirement for years of service: regular officers in grades above brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half).". SEC. 507. UNIFORM POLICY FOR REQUIREMENT OF EXEMPLARY CON- DUCT BY COMMANDING OFFICERS AND OTHERS IN AUTHORITY. (a) ARMY.—(1) Chapter 345 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ^'§ 3583. Requirement of exemplary conduct "All commanding officers and others in authority in the Army are required— "(1) to show in themselves a good example of virtue, honor, patriotism, and subordination; "(2) to be vigilant in inspecting the conduct of all persons who are placed under their command; "(3) to guard against and suppress all dissolute and immoral practices, and to correct, according to the laws and regulations of the Army, all persons who are guilty of them; 8ind "(4) to take all necessary and proper measures, under the laws, regulations, and customs of the Army, to promote and
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