5800.7 F - Department of the Navy Issuances

the instructions transmitted by the JAG, and effect clemency action decided by
the Naval Clemency and Parole Board. See section 0159 concerning the clemency
powers of the CO, Navy-Marine Corps Appellate Leave Activity, and the CO,
Marine Detachment, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
(4) Any officer whose nomination for promotion to flag or general
officer rank has been confirmed by the Senate and who is serving in a flag or
general officer billet and in command of a Naval service unit or activity, or
is the immediate temporary successor in command of such an officer.
b. Special courts-martial. Those officers who are empowered to convene
general courts-martial may convene special courts-martial. In addition, the
Secretary of the Navy, acting under Article 23(a)(7), UCMJ, has empowered the
following officers, when in an active duty or inactive duty training status,
to convene special courts-martial. This list is in addition to those officers
authorized to convene special courts-martial by Article 23(a)(5) and (6),
UCMJ:
(1) COs of all battalions and squadrons, including both Regular and
Reserve Marine Corps commands.
(2) Any commander whose subordinates in the operational or
administrative chain-of-command have authority to convene special courtsmartial.
(3) All commanders and COs of units and activities of the Navy,
including pre-commissioning units commanded by lieutenant commanders (O-4) or
above, but not including inactive duty training Naval Reserve units.
Designation as a separate and detached command, in accordance with U.S. Navy
Regulation 0723 (1990), does not, by itself, convey authority to convene
special courts-martial. Commanders or COs of units or activities that have
been designated as separate and detached commands may request such authority
in accordance with section 0121.
(4) All directors, Marine Corps Districts.
(5) All administrative officers, U.S. Naval Shipyards.
(6) All inspector-instructors and site COs, Marine Corps Reserve
organizations.
(7) COs and OICs of organic combat service support organizations
providing combat service support to Marine Expeditionary Brigades, Marine
Expeditionary Units, or comparable Marine Air-Ground Task Forces.
(8) COs of Marine Expeditionary Units and Marine Expeditionary Unit
Service Support Groups.
c. Summary courts-martial. Those officers who are empowered to convene
general and special courts-martial may convene summary courts-martial. In
addition, the Secretary of the Navy, acting under Article 24(a)(4), UCMJ, has
empowered all commanders, COs, and OICs (if authorized) of inactive duty
training Naval and Marine Corps Reserve units and activities of the Navy and
Marine Corps, who are in a duty status, to convene summary courts-martial. A
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