§ 8138.
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].)