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[CITE: 10USC5947]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                    CHAPTER 551--OFFICERS IN COMMAND
 
Sec. 5947. Requirement of exemplary conduct

    All commanding officers and others in authority in the naval service 
are required to show in themselves a good example of virtue, honor, 
patriotism, and subordination; to be vigilant in inspecting the conduct 
of all persons who are placed under their command; to guard against and 
suppress all dissolute and immoral practices, and to correct, according 
to the laws and regulations of the Navy, all persons who are guilty of 
them; and to take all necessary and proper measures, under the laws, 
regulations, and customs of the naval service, to promote and safeguard 
the morale, the physical well-being, and the general welfare of the 
officers and enlisted persons under their command or charge.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 372.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5947..................................  34 U.S.C. 265.                       Ma
y 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec.  7(c),
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4 Stat. 146.
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