10 U.S.C. § 8045

Deputy Commandants

There are in the Headquarters, Marine Corps, not more than eight 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 ; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 509A , Dec. 23, 2024 , 138 Stat. 1872 .)