§ 8135.
Vacancies on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps in the grade of second lieutenant shall be filled, so far as practicable, first, from members of the graduating class of the Naval Academy; second, from meritorious noncommissioned officers of the Regular Marine Corps; and third, from other persons.
([Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041], [70A Stat. 324], § 5585; [Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 503(29)], Dec. 12, 1980, [94 Stat. 2913]; renumbered § 8135, [Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(4)], Aug. 13, 2018, [132 Stat. 1834].)