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MCO P1400.31C - Headquarters Marine Corps

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1008 MARCORPROMMAN, VOL 1, OFFPROM<br />

officers.<br />

(c) Regular officers take precedence over Reserve<br />

(d) Date of birth. When two or more officers have<br />

the same date of birth, they are ranked alphabetically by last<br />

name.<br />

(6) Reserve officers who return to active duty will be<br />

placed on the active-duty list in the precedence position that<br />

is next junior to the Reserve officer's running mate on the ADL,<br />

unless the Reserve officer's date of rank is adjusted under<br />

paragraph 1008 a(3).<br />

(b) Promotion. Section 624 of Title 10 U.S. Code requires<br />

officers to be promoted to the next higher grade in the order in<br />

which their names appear on the promotion list for their grade<br />

and competitive category. They are assigned new precedence<br />

numbers in the higher grade based on their promotion dates of<br />

rank and their precedence positions in the previous grade.<br />

1009. LINEAL PRECEDENCE. Sections 574, 620, and 14002 of<br />

Title 10, U.S. Code require the Secretary of the Navy to<br />

maintain a list of all officers serving in the <strong>Marine</strong> <strong>Corps</strong> on<br />

active duty (ADL)) or in the Reserve component (RASL)). The<br />

Promotion Branch (CMC (MMPR)) is responsible for maintaining the<br />

lineal precedence lists and publishes a combined ADL/RASL list<br />

each July in MCBul 1400, Officer Lineal Precedence (“The Blue<br />

Book”). Specific information on lineal precedence can be found<br />

in paragraphs 5 and 6 of the most recent MCBul 1400.<br />

1010. ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT. Appointment as a regular<br />

commissioned officer in the grade of second lieutenant through<br />

captain is made by the Secretary of Defense, as delegated by the<br />

President. Appointment as a regular commissioned officer in the<br />

grade of major through colonel is made by the President, with<br />

the advice and consent of the Senate. Appointment as a Reserve<br />

commissioned officer in the grade of second lieutenant through<br />

lieutenant colonel in the <strong>Marine</strong> <strong>Corps</strong> Reserves is made by the<br />

Secretary of Defense, as delegated by the President.<br />

Appointment as a reserve commissioned officer in the grade of<br />

colonel is made by the President, with the advice and consent of<br />

the Senate.<br />

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