Office of the Judge Advocate General: Assistant Judge Advocate General; pay, succession to duties

§ 5149. Office of the Judge Advocate General: Assistant Judge Advocate General; pay, succession to duties (a) An officer in the line of the Navy or an officer of the Marine Corps may be detailed as Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy. While so serving, he is entitled to the highest pay of his rank. (b) When there is a vacancy in the Office of Judge Advocate General, or during the absence or disability of the Judge Advocate General, the Assistant Judge Advocate General, unless otherwise directed by the President, shall perform the duties of the Judge Advocate General until a successor is appointed or the absence or disability ceases. (c) When subsection (b) cannot be complied with because of the absence or disability of the Assistant Judge Advocate General, the heads of the major divisions of the Office of the Judge Advocate General, in the order directed by the Secretary of the Navy, shall perform the duties of the Judge Advocate General, unless otherwise directed by the President.