{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-8135","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 8135","heading":"Regular Marine Corps: order of filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenant","body":"Vacancies on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps in the grade of second lieutenant shall be filled, so far as practicable, first, from members of the graduating class of the Naval Academy; second, from meritorious noncommissioned officers of the Regular Marine Corps; and third, from other persons.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 815—ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"b070ba8dc6a175b193b6a2786acb6b8d956f486460df2d32aeca1045ef15152d","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-8132","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-8137"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}