The commissioned grades in the Marine Corps above the grade of chief warrant officer, W–5, are:
(1) General.
(2) Lieutenant general.
(3) Major general.
(4) Brigadier general.
(5) Colonel.
(6) Lieutenant colonel.
(7) Major.
(8) Captain.
(9) First lieutenant.
(10) Second lieutenant.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 314, § 5502; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1131(8)(A), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1506; renumbered § 8112, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)