Officers of Navy or Marine Corps not covered by section 904 of this title: effective date of beginning of pay and allowances

§ 905. Officers of Navy or Marine Corps not covered by section 904 of this title: effective date of beginning of pay and allowances (a) The pay of an officer of the Regular Navy or the Regular Marine Corps begins on the date he accepts his initial appointment, except that— (1) the pay of an officer required to give an official bond begins on the date the bond is approved by proper authority; and (2) the pay of an officer commissioned within six months after his graduation from the United States Naval Academy begins on the date of rank stated in his commission. (b) A reserve officer who is promoted under chapter 549 of title 10 to a grade above lieutenant (junior grade) in the Naval Reserve or above first lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve is entitled to the pay and allowances of the grade to which promoted for duty performed from the date on which he became eligible for promotion to that grade. However, if an officer has not established his professional and moral qualifications, as prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy under section 5867 of title 10, within one year after the date on which the President approved the report of the selection board that recommended him for promotion, he is entitled to the pay and allowances of the grade to which promoted only from the date he is appointed in that grade. (c) A reserve officer who. is promoted under section 5908 of title 10 to the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) in the Naval Reserve or first lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve is entitled to the pay and allowances of the higher grade for duty performed from the date given him as his date of rank. (d) An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who is promoted under section 5788 of title 10 is entitled to the pay and allowances of the higher grade from his date of rank in that grade unless he is entitled to them from an earlier date under another law. (e) A woman officer temporarily promoted under section 5787b of title 10 is entitled to the pay and allowances of the higher grade from the date of her eligibility for that temporary promotion. (f) An officer appointed in a higher grade under section 5505 of title 10 is entitled to the pay and allowances of the higher grade from the date of his appointment in that grade. 76 Stat. 489 (g) A member of the naval service who is appointed under section 5597 of title 10 is entitled to the pay and allowances of the grade in which appointed from the date that appointment is made. Such a person may not suffer a reduction in the pay and allowances to which he was entitled because of his permanent status at the time of his temporary appointment, or a reduction in the pay and allowances to which he was entitled under a prior temporary appointment in a lower grade. (h) A member of the naval service who is appointed under section 5787 of title 10 is entitled to the pay and allowances of the grade in which appointed from the date that appointment is made. Such a member may not suffer a reduction in the pay and allowances to which he was entitled at the time of his appointment.