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§ 8137. Regular Navy: officers designated for engineering duty, aeronautical engineering duty, and special duty

10 U.S.C. § 8137 (N/A)
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Persons may be originally appointed in the line of the Navy as regular officers designated for engineering duty, aeronautical engineering duty, or special duty.

With the approval of the Secretary, a regular officer in the line of the Navy may, upon his application, be designated for engineering duty, aeronautical engineering duty, or special duty.

The types of engineering duty for which officers may be designated include ship engineering and ordnance engineering. The types of aeronautical engineering duty for which officers may be designated include aeronautical engineering and aviation maintenance. The types of special duty for which officers may be designated include communications, law, naval intelligence, photography, public affairs, psychol­ogy, geophysics, cryptography, and hydrography.

Officers designated for engineering duty, aeronautical engineering duty, or special duty shall perform sea or shore duty appropriate to their special qualifications but may not succeed to command except on shore and then only as authorized by the Secretary.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 325, § 5587; Pub. L. 90–179, § 5(2), Dec. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 547; Pub. L. 90–386, § 1(5), July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 293; Pub. L. 96–513, title III, § 324, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2893; renumbered § 8137, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(4), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

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