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" (b) For the purposes of this section— "(1) a person appointed in the Naval Reserve in any of the following corps shall be credited with at least the following amounts of service in an active status: " (A) Medical Corps—4 years; " (B) Dental Corps—3 years; " (C) Chaplain Corps—3 years; "(2) a person appointed in the Naval Reserve with a view to designation as a law specialist shall be credited with at least 3 years of service in an active status; and "(3) a person who is appointed in the Naval Reserve in the Medical Service Corps, and who holds a degree of doctor of philosophy or a comparable degree in a science allied to medicine as determined by the Secretary, may be credited with at least 3 years of service in an active status. "§ 5601. Naval Reserve: Nurse Corps: men "Men may be appointed in the Naval Reserve in the Nurse Corps." und (B) by adding the following new items at the end of the analysis: "f)600. Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve: service credit upon original appointment. "5001. Naval Reserve: Nurse Corps: men." (122) Section 5652 is amended— lo use sesa. (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: " (a) Except as provided in sections 5652a, 5652b, 5652c, 5653, and 5654 of this title, officers serving in the grade of lieutenant (junior lo use 5654. grade) on the active list of the Navy in each staff corps who have dates of rank in the same calendar year shall, after the end of that calendar year, have assigned to them, in the order of their lineal rank, running mates from among eligible line officers who are serving on active duty in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) and who have dates of rank in the same calendar year as the staff corps officers."; and (B) by striking out the words "calendar year prescribed in subsection (a) " and the words "prescribed calendar year" wherever they occur in subsection (b) and inserting the words "same calendar year as the staff corps officer"' in place thereof. (123) Chapter 541 is amended— ^^lo^ u s e sesi5666. (A) by inserting the following new sections after section 5652: "§ 5652a. Regular Navy: lieutenants (junior g r a d e); Medical and
Dental Corps
"An officer appointed to the active list of the Navy in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) in the Medical Corps or the Dental Corps shall have assigned as his running mate the junior eligible line officer serving on active duty in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) with the same date of rank as himself or, if there is none, the junior eligible line officer serving on active duty in that grade with the next earlier date of rank. "§5652b. Regular Navy: lieutenants (junior grade) originally appointed as ensigns under section 5573, 6904, 6906, or 6909 of this title "Each officer appointed to the active list of the Navy in the grade of ensign under section 5573, 6904, 6906, or 6909 of this title who is serving as a staff corps officer at the time of his promotion to the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) shall, upon that promotion, have assigned to him as his running mate the eligible officer serving
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6904,6906,6909.
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