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[CITE: 10USC6484]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 575--RECALL TO ACTIVE DUTY
 
Sec. 6484. Promotion of retired members to higher enlisted 
        grades: retention of grade upon release from active duty
        
    When on active duty, retired enlisted members of the Navy or the 
Marine Corps are eligible for promotion to higher enlisted grades or 
ratings. When released from active duty, they shall, unless entitled to 
a higher grade under another provision of law, retain the grades or 
ratings they hold at the time of their release.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 417.)

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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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6484..................................  34 U.S.C. 434.                       Ju
ly 1, 1918, ch. 114, 40 Stat. 719
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1st 9 lines of 2d par.).
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    The words ``who has been ordered into active service since April 6, 
1917'' are omitted as executed. The words ``to higher enlisted grades or 
ratings'' are inserted for clarity. The eligibility of retired enlisted 
men for appointments to warrant and commissioned grades is covered by 
chapter 539 of this title where the requirements for these appointments 
are set forth. The words ``unless entitled to a higher grade under 
another provision of law'' are inserted to make it clear that retired 
enlisted members are not precluded by this section from obtaining the 
benefits of other provisions of law that may give a higher grade to them 
on their release from active duty.
    The provision relating to pay, allowances, and benefits is omitted 
because it was superseded by Secs. 514 and 516 of the Career 
Compensation Act of 1949 (37 U.S.C. 314 and 316).
