Navy and Marine Corps: warrant officer grades

U.S.C. Title 10 - ARMED FORCES 10 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 812 - GRADE AND RANK OF OFFICERS Sec. 8113 - Navy and Marine Corps: warrant officer grades From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§8113. Navy and Marine Corps: warrant officer grades

The warrant officer grades in the Navy and the Marine Corps are: (1) Chief warrant officer, W–⁠5. (2) Chief warrant officer, W–4. (3) Chief warrant officer, W–3. (4) Chief warrant officer, W–2. (5) Warrant officer, W–1.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 314, §5503; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, §1131(9), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1506; renumbered §8113, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §807(b)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)

5503 34 U.S.C. 135a(a) (less last sentence). May 29, 1954, ch. 249, §3(a) (less 3d and last sentence), 68 Stat. 157.

This section is included in subtitle C for completeness and clarity. In duplicates, in part, §§555 and 597 of this title, which cover, respectively, the "permanent regular warrant officer grades" and the "permanent reserve warrant officer grades" in the armed forces. The concept that regular grades differ from reserve grades and that a grade held under a permanent appointment differs from the grade of the same name held under a temporary appointment is foreign to the naval service. In the Navy and the Marine Corps, all officers serving, for example, in the grade of chief warrant officer, W–4, are considered to be serving in the same grade regardless of whether they are Regulars or Reserves and regardless of whether they are temporary or permanent officers holding temporary or permanent appointments in that grade. This section, therefore, lists the four warrant officer grades as applicable to all warrant officers of the naval service. Reference to the pay grades corresponding to the military grades is omitted as unnecessary for the purpose of this section.

Editorial Notes

Amendments 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5503 of this title as this section. 1991—Pub. L. 102–190 added par. (1) and redesignated former pars. (1) to (4) as (2) to (5), respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. Effective Date of 1991 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 102–190 effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 1132 of Pub. L. 102–190, set out as a note under section 521 of this title.