There are in the Headquarters, Marine Corps, not more than seven Deputy Commandants, detailed by the Secretary of the Navy from officers on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps.
(Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 513(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1054, § 5045; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title IX, § 902(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–224; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title IX, § 934, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2626; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 503(c), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2107; renumbered § 8045, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)