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§ 8138. Regular Marine Corps: judge advocates

With the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, any regular officer on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps who is qualified under section 827(b) of this title may, upon his application, be designated as a judge advocate.

(Added Pub. L. 90–179, § 5(3), Dec. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 548, § 5587a; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 503(30), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2913; renumbered § 8138, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(4), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)