Marine Corps; officers: promotion and continuation on the active list

§ 5703. Marine Corps; officers: promotion and continuation on the active list (a) At least once each year the Secretary of the Navy shall convene the following selection boards to recommend male officers of the Marine Corps for promotion and for continuation on the active list: (1) A board to recommend colonels designated for supply duty for continuation on the active list, consisting of nine officers serving in the grade of brigadier general or above. (2) A board to recommend brigadier generals for promotion to the grade of major general, consisting of nine officers holding permanent appointments in the grade of major general or above. (3) A board to recommend colonels for promotion to the grade of brigadier general and a board to recommend lieutenant colonels for promotion to the grade of colonel, each consisting of nine officers serving in the grade of brigadier general or above. (4) A board to recommend majors for promotion to the grade of lieutenant colonel, consisting of three officers serving in the grade of major general or brigadier general and six officers serving in the grade of colonel. (5) A board to recommend captains for promotion to the grade of major and a board to recommend first lieutenants for pro-339motion to the grade of captain, each consisting of nine officers serving in the grade of colonel or above. (b) Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e), selection boards convened under this section shall be composed of officers of the Regular Marine Corps on the active list or the retired list, not restricted in the performance of duty. (c) If nine general officers are not available to comprise a selection board to recommend officers for promotion to the grade of major general, brigadier general, or colonel, the Secretary shall complete the prescribed membership by appointing as members of the board officers on the active list in the line of the Navy, not restricted in the performance of duty, serving in the grade of rear admiral or above. (d) When officers designated for supply duty are eligible for consideration by a selection board convened under this section, the Secretary shall appoint, as alternate members of the board, three officers of that designation. If three such officers are not available, he shall appoint as many as are available. The junior members of the board who are not designated for supply duty, in like number, may not act upon the case of any officer who is designated for supply duty. No alternate member may act upon the case of any officer who is not designated for supply duty. (e) When officers of the Marine Corps Reserve are eligible for consideration by a selection board convened under this section, the Secretary shall appoint an appropriate number of reserve officers, otherwise qualified under this section, as members of the board and shall appoint officers of the Regular Marine Corps, qualified under this section, to complete the prescribed membership. (f) No officer may be a member of two successive boards for the consideration of officers for promotion to the same grade.