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343 has five acting members or less, the officers recommended are, subject to the limitations prescribed in section 5707(c) of this title, selected as best fitted to assume the duties of the next higher grade: (1) Male officers on the active list in the line of the Navy. (2) Male officers on the active list of the Marine Corps. (3) Male officers on the active list of the Navy in the Supply Corps. (4) Male officers on the active list of the Navy in the Civil Engineer Corps. (5) Officers on the active list of the Navy in the Nurse Corps in the grade of lieutenant or above. (6) Women officers on the active list of the Navy, appointed under section 5590 of this title, in the grade of lieutenant or above. (7) Women officers on the active list of the Marine Corps in the grade of captain or above. (8) Officers on the active list of the Navy in any staff corps in the grade of lieutenant commander or above. (c) A board convened under this chapter that recommends officers in any of the following categories for promotion shall certify in its report that, in the opinion of at least two-thirds of the acting members of the board, the officers recommended are selected as fitted to assume the duties of the next higher grade: (1) Officers, other than women officers appointed under section 6590 of this title, in the grade of lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade) on the active list of the Navy in the Medical Corps, Chaplain Corps, Dental Corps, or Medical Service Corps, (2) Officers on the active list of the Navy in the Nurse Corps in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade). (d) A board convened under this chapter that recommends officers in any of the following categories for promotion shall certify in its report that, in the opinion of at least two-thirds of the acting members of the board, the officers recommended are selected as qualified for promotion: (1) Women officers in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) on the active list of the Navy in the line or in any staff corps appointed under section 5590 of this title. (2) Women officers on the active list of the Marine Corps in the grade of first lieutenant. (e) The report of a board convened under this chapter that recommends for promotion officers not on the active list of the Navy or the Marine Corps shall certify in its report that, in the opinion of at least two-thirds of the acting members of the board, the officers recommended are selected as qualified for continued active duty. (f) As required by section 6384 of this title, each board convened under this chapter to recommend officers for promotion shall report, from among those officers eligible for consideration, the name of each officer with less than 20 years of service whose record, in the opinion of the board, indicates his unsatisfactory performance of duty in his present grade and, in the opinion of the board, indicates that he would not satisfaxjtorily perform the duties of a higher grade. (g) A board convened under this chapter that recommends officers for continuation on the active list shall certify in its report that, in the opinion of at least two-thirds of the acting members if the board has more than five acting members or in the opinion of at least a 81913 O-