10 USC 8090 - Staff corps of the Navy

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

§ 8090.

Staff corps of the Navy

(a)

The staff corps of the Navy are—

(1)

the Medical Corps;

(2)

the Dental Corps;

(3)

the Judge Advocate General’s Corps;

(4)

the Chaplain Corps; and

(5)

such other staff corps as may be established by the Secretary of the Navy under subsection (b).

(b)

(1)

The Secretary of the Navy may establish staff corps of the Navy in addition to the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, and the Chaplain Corps. The Secretary may designate commissioned officers in, and may assign members to, any such staff corps.

(2)

The Secretary of the Navy may provide for the appointment of the chief of any staff corps established under this subsection.

(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title III, § 351, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2902, § 5155; amended Pub. L. 97–22, § 6(a), July 10, 1981, 95 Stat. 129; Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 405(b)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1105; renumbered § 5150, Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 514(a)(2), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1054; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIII, § 1343(a)(23), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3994; Pub. L. 100–26, § 3(7), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 274; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1061(a)(22)(A), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1473; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 504(a)(2), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2531; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, § 501(b), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1714; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(hh), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2105; renumbered § 8090, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

cite as: 10 USC 8090