Reserve officers: change of lineal position

§ 5505. Reserve officers: change of lineal position (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Navy may change the position on the lineal list of any officer of the Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve to equalize his opportunities for promotion with officers of the Regular Navy or the Regular Marine Corps. (b) Any officer whose lineal position is changed under this section may be appointed in the same or the next higher grade but not above that of captain in the Navy or colonel in the Marine Corps, and his date of rank may be changed to conform with his new lineal position. The authorized number of officers in any grade may be temporarily exceeded, until the next succeeding computation, by the number of officers advanced to that grade under this section. (c) An officer appointed in a higher grade under this section is entitled to the pay and allowances of the higher grade from the date of his appointment in that grade.