Transfer of graduates of Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to Regular Navy

§ 6902. Transfer of graduates of Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to Regular Navy (a) Officers of the Naval Reserve who were appointed from the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps may be appointed to the active list in the line of the Navy in such numbers as the President considers necessary. 421 (b) To be eligible for such an appointment an officer must— (1) have been under 25 years of age when he first reported for continuous active duty on board a ship of the Navy; (2) have completed at least one year of continuous active duty on board a ship of the Navy; and (3) establish his mental, moral, professional, and physical qualifications under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes. (c) Each officer appointed under this section shall be appointed in the same grade that he holds in the Naval Reserve. An officer appointed in the grade of ensign ranks from the date he reported for continuous active duty as an officer of the Naval Reserve. An officer appointed in a grade above ensign ranks from his date of rank in that grade in the Naval Reserve. (d) While an officer is serving in the grade in which appointed under subsection (a), the requirement of sea service under section 5770 of this title does not apply.