§ 8211. Navy Regulations

United States Navy Regulations shall be issued by the Secretary of the Navy.

§ 8212. Additional regulations for Marine Corps

The President may prescribe military regulations for the discipline of the Marine Corps.

§ 8213. Enlisted grades and ratings: authority to establish

The Secretary of the Navy may establish such enlisted grades and ratings as are necessary for the proper administration of the Navy and the Marine Corps.

§ 8214. Enlisted members: authority for transfer between Marine Corps and Hospital Corps of the Navy

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, enlisted members of the Marine Corps are eligible for transfer to the Hospital Corps of the Navy, and enlisted members of the Hospital Corps are eligible for transfer to the Marine Corps.

§ 8215. Citizenship of officers of vessels

The officers of vessels of the United States shall in all cases by citizens of the United States.

§ 8216. Aviation duties: number of personnel assigned

The number of officers and enlisted members of the Navy and the Marine Corps detailed to duty involving flying and to other duties in connection with aircraft shall be in accordance with the requirements of naval aviation as determined by the Secretary of the Navy.

§ 8217. Aviation training facilities

The President may maintain facilities to provide flight training for 16,000 members of the naval service.

§ 8218. Aviation designations: naval flight officer

Any officer of the naval service may be designated a naval flight officer if he has successfully completed the course prescribed for naval flight officers.

§ 8219. Medical Department: composition

The Medical Corps and Dental Corps, and such other staff corps as the Secretary of the Navy may establish under section 8090(b) of this title and designate to be in the Medical Department of the Navy, are in the Medical Department of the Navy.

§ 8220. Dental services: responsibilities of senior dental officer

• (a) The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations for dental services on ships and at shore stations. Such services shall be under the senior dental officer, who is responsible to the commanding officer of the ship or station for all professional, technical, and administrative matters concerning dental services.
• (b) This section does not impose any administrative requirements that would interfere with the proper functioning of battle organizations.

§ 8221. Chaplains: divine services

• (a) An officer in the Chaplain Corps may conduct public worship according to the manner and forms of the church of which he is a member.
• (b) The commanders of vessels and naval activities to which chaplains are attached shall cause divine service to be performed on Sunday, whenever the weather and other circumstances allow it to be done; and it is earnestly recommended to all officers, seamen, and others in the naval service diligently to attend at every performance of the worship of Almighty God.
• (c) All persons in the Navy and in the Marine Corps are enjoined to behave themselves in a reverent and becoming manner during divine service.

§ 8222. Indebtedness to Marine Corps Exchanges: payment from appropriated funds in certain cases

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, appropriations for the pay of the Marine Corps are available to pay any indebtedness to Marine Corps Exchanges of members of the Marine Corps who are discharged, who desert, or who are sentenced to prison.

§ 8225. Female members: congressional review period for assignment to duty on submarines or for reconfiguration of submarines

• (a) No change in the Department of the Navy policy limiting service on submarines to males, as in effect on May 10, 2000 , may take effect until—
  • (1) the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress written notice of the proposed change; and
  • (2) a period of 30 days of continuous session of Congress (excluding any day on which either House of Congress is not in session) expires following the date on which the notice is received.
• (b) No funds available to the Department of the Navy may be expended to reconfigure any existing submarine, or to design any new submarine, to accommodate female crew members until—
  • (1) the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress written notice of the proposed reconfiguration or design; and
  • (2) a period of 30 days of continuous session of Congress (excluding any day on which either House of Congress is not in session) expires following the date on which the notice is received.
• (c) For purposes of this section, the continuity of a session of Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die.

§ 8226. Fatality reviews

• (a) The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct a multidisciplinary, impartial review (referred to as a “fatality review”) in the case of each fatality known or suspected to have resulted from domestic violence or child abuse against any of the following.
  • (1) A member of the naval service on active duty.
  • (2) A current or former dependent of a member of the naval service on active duty.
  • (3) A current or former intimate partner who has a child in common or has shared a common domicile with a member of the naval service on active duty.
• (b) The report of a fatality review under subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following:
  • (1) An executive summary.
  • (2) Data setting forth victim demographics, injuries, autopsy findings, homicide or suicide methods, weapons, police information, assailant demographics, and household and family information.
  • (3) Legal disposition.
  • (4) System intervention and failures, if any, within the Department of Defense.
  • (5) A discussion of significant findings.
  • (6) Recommendations for systemic changes, if any, within the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense.
• (c) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe guidance, which shall be uniform for the military departments, for the conduct of reviews by the Secretary under subsection (a).