Regular Navy, women line officers; Regular Marine Corps, women officers: numbers that may be recommended

§ 5760. Regular Navy, women line officers; Regular Marine Corps, women officers: numbers that may be recommended (a) The Secretary of the Navy shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title with the number of women officers on the active list in the line of the Navy that may be recommended for promotion to the grade of commander or lieutenant commander or the number of women officers on the active list of the Marine Corps that may be recommended for promotion to the grade of lieutenant colonel or major. This number, determined by the Secretary as of the date the selection board is convened, is equal to the number of vacancies existing in the grade concerned plus the number of additional vacancies estimated for the next 12 months, minus the number of officers on the promotion list for that grade. (b) The Secretary shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title with the number of women officers on the active list in the line of the Navy that may be recommended for promotion to the grade of lieutenant or the number of women officers on the active list of the Marine Corps that may be recommended for promotion to the grade of captain. This number, determined by the Secretary as of the date the selection board is convened, is equal to the number of women officers in the next lower grade who are eligible for consideration by the board concerned.