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[CITE: 10USC743]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                      CHAPTER 43--RANK AND COMMAND
 
Sec. 743. Rank: Chief of Staff of the Army; Chief of Naval 
        Operations; Chief of Staff of the Air Force; Commandant of the 
        Marine Corps
        
    The Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the 
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps 
rank among themselves according to dates of appointment to those 
offices, and rank above all other officers on the active-duty list of 
the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, except the Chairman and the 
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 34; Pub. L. 96-513, title I, 
Sec. 501(11), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2908; Pub. L. 99-433, title II, 
Sec. 202(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1010; Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, 
title XIII, Sec. 1314(a)(2), (b)(5)(A), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1175.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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743...................................  5:626c(b).                           Ju
ly 26, 1947, ch. 343, Sec.
                                                                              2
08(b), 61 Stat. 503; Sept. 19,
                                                                              1
951, ch. 407, Sec.  402, 65 Stat.
                                                                              3
33.
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    5:626c(b) (1st sentence) is omitted as superseded by sections 
8031(a)(1) and 8034(a) of this title. 5:626c(b) (2d sentence) is omitted 
as covered by section 8034(d) of this title. 5:626c(b) (3d and 4th 
sentences) is omitted as executed. 5:626c(b) (5th sentence) is omitted 
as covered by section 8034(b) of this title. 5:626c(b) (proviso of last 
sentence) is omitted as executed, since the incumbents to whom it is 
applied no longer hold the offices mentioned. The exception as to the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is included because of section 
142(c) of this title. The words ``and the Marine Corps'' are inserted, 
since under section 5081 of this title the Chief of Naval Operations 
takes precedence over all other officers of the naval service.


                               Amendments

    1987--Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1314(b)(5)(A), inserted ``; Commandant 
of the Marine Corps'' after ``Air Force'' in section catchline.
    Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1314(a)(2), made technical correction in 
directory language of Pub. L. 99-433. See 1986 Amendment note below.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-433, as amended by Pub. L. 100-180, 
Sec. 1314(a)(2), inserted reference to the Commandant of the Marine Corp 
and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``active-duty list'' for ``active 
list''.


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Section 1314(e)(1) of Pub. L. 100-180 provided that: ``The 
amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section, sections 2431 
to 2434 of this title, and provisions set out as notes under sections 
111 and 3033 of this title] shall apply as if included in the enactment 
of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 
1986 (Public Law 99-433).''


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 
701 of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.
