Navy, male line officers not restricted in the performance of duty; Marine Corps, male officers not restricted in the performance of duty: numbers that may be recommended

§ 5756. Navy, male line officers not restricted in the performance of duty; Marine Corps, male officers not restricted in the performance of duty: numbers that may be recommended The Secretary of the Navy shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title with the number of male officers in the line of the Navy not restricted in the performance of duty or male officers of the Marine Corps not restricted in the performance of duty that may be recommended for promotion to the next higher grade. This number, determined by the Secretary as of the date the board is convened, is equal to the number of vacancies existing among such officers in the higher grade, plus the number of additional vacancies estimated for the next 12 months, minus the number of officers on the promotion list for that grade.